For the final part of our series in honor of Berlin Science Week, we paired two finalists from the international forum “Falling Walls Engage,” to talk about what they’re working on. Rackeb Tesfaye lives in Montreal, Canada and is the executive director and founder of Broad Science, Edward Kang lives in Chicago and is the co-founder of The Laboratory Collective.
What do Berlin Science Week participants from different fields who’ve never met before have in common? As part of our ongoing coverage, we paired Fridays for Future activist Lucia Parbel with Luiza Bengtsson, a biochemist turned science communicator at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine.
Today’s match in our scientist meet-ups for Berlin Science Week: Monika Fuchs, a professor of Clothing Technology at HTW Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Christian Ulrichs, head of the division of Urban Plant Ecophysiology at Humboldt University.
“Today we take it for granted that Berlin is a hub for science and research, but that wasn’t always the case,” said Berlin’s Governing Mayor Michael Müller.
Today’s match in our scientist meet-ups for Berlin Science Week: biotechnologist-turned-musician Karla Hajman, and Akis Liokatis, a trained biochemist better known as the Greek-chemist-in-the-kitchen.
We asked some of the directors whose films are being screened at this year’s Dokuarts festival, to record audio postcards for us, detailing a bit more information about their films. We’ll be releasing them during the duration of the festival.
We’re pleased to announce our upcoming cooperation with Nai Palm of Hiatus Kaiyote for her upcoming show at Silent Green on November 17. Nai Palm is a two-time Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and musician from Australia whose music has been championed by R&B and hip-hop’s most respected tastemakers including Questlove, Jazzy Jeff, Erykah Badu and Prince. Stay tuned for a ticket giveaway and interview.
Stanley Nelson is recognized as one of the foremost chroniclers of the African-American experience in film. We caught up with the award-winning director while he’s in town for Dokuarts and the screening of his latest film, “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool.”
Tune into our half-hour special on Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin #AboutSex. We talk about robot sex, how to write a good sex scene, coming of age stories, and more with Sophie Wennerscheid, John Danaher, Katy Derbyshire, Florian Duijsens, Eileen Myles, and Saskia Vogel.
October 10-27, 2019 Zeughauskino The 12th edition of DOKUARTS, saw a celebration of films about art and artists, in Berlin during October 2019 under the theme of nuance, and…
