Tesla is the epicenter of new media activities in Berlin. Roadtrippers enjoyed a visit to Tesla and a discussion about their work with Tesla honcho Andreas Broekmann.
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tour included a visit with artist Thom Kubli who showed and discussed his mobile media work-in-progress, Global Contentifier.
We also visited the major exhibition now at Tesla, The Messenger, by Paul de Marinis. This large-scale installation won the highest award at Ars Electronica this. It can be seen in this short movie, although not shot at Tesla.
In addition to a look-round, Andreas showed our group a new British film entitled Cabinet. The film referred directly, if elliptically, to Ted Kaczynski and the Unibomber Manifesto, and more broadly to American values. Andreas led us through a provocative conversation about the meaning of the film, and ultimately to reflections on the differences between American and European cultures. "In Europe we can never forget our history, since its layers are piled one atop the other, all about us. In American, sometimes you seem to forget that you have a history as well."
Andreas is also the Director of Transmediale, the leading German festival of new media. We discussed the Festival at length and viewed a twenty- film about this year's edition.
All in all, a stimulating evening at the heart of new media in Berlin.
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