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25T47 Berlin’s Bocho: Women of Prenzl’ Berg

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Based in Berlin since the late-1990s, Spanish-born artist El Bocho is well-known for his many colourful displays of street art throughout the city. I met with a friend M. in Prenzlauer Berg: first, at Maria Bonita for their grilled burrito; followed by a walk through the Kiez in easy pursuit of ice cream and coffee at Süßfein on a warm summer afternoon. What’s shown are examples of Bocho’s work we found within an area smaller than 10 city-blocks.

*“Maikäfer flieg …” (May beetle in flight)*

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 23 June 2025. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

25T11 International Museum Day

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The International Council of Museums (ICOM) set aside May 18 as International Museum Day (IMD), but the “day” can last a weekend or even longer to celebrate any and all events in support of IMD. ICOM’s aim is for wide engagement and acknowledgment:

Museums are an important means of cultural exchange; enrichment of cultures; and development of mutual understanding, cooperation, and peace among peoples. (ICOM)

An important form of expression, street and urban art can shine a spotlight on issues on a global scale or issues specific to a city, giving voice to concerns and questions, and bringing awareness to possible solutions. Since 2017, the Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art in Berlin’s Schöneberg district houses a rotating display of art from Berlin and around the world. The museum has been a favourite, because like any place of personal education, I learn about (new) artists: their form, message, and style.

*Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art in Berlin Schöneberg, just east of Nollendorf U-Bahn station.*

*Near the top, French artist Invader placed one of their tiled aliens (*👾 *brl_12) to coincide with the opening of the museum in 2017.*

*“RAW Gelände II” (2024), Susanna Jerger* 🇩🇪 . The RAW is a former rail yard and is home to one of Berlin’s last remaining independent cultural centres. Like many, she’s highlighting the slow (inevitable?) disappearance of Berlin’s cultural spaces in favour of further commodification.

*“Proud Parents” (2019), Shepard Fairey* 🇺🇸 .

*“Greetings from Iraq” (2019), Shepard Faire*y 🇺🇸 .

*“Paint It Black” (2019), Shepard Fairey* 🇺🇸 .

*“URBAN NATION Mini Dudes” (2018), Jaune* 🇧🇪 .

*Ka’POW! at the bottom of the frame: “URBAN NATION Mini Dudes” (2018), Jaune* 🇧🇪.

14 Sep 2024 – 30 May 2027: “Love Letters to the City” is a curated exhibition about urban spaces, and how we interact and engage with those spaces, and how urban art in turn can affect our experiences.

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 18 May 2025. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

My Vienna: space invaders in the capital

Above: WN_31 at the corner of Ballgasse and Rauhensteingasse, 9 July 2024 (P15).

Don’t worry: it’s not 1529, nor is it 1683, and there are no bands of marauders on horseback arriving for a large and lengthy siege. This also does not include anything from outside the Solar System. Instead, this is about a human artist and their little creations sprinkled throughout the Austrian capital city. In fact, I’d claim their “invasion” has already succeeded.

When a wae lad was I, the video game Space Invaders was a kind of dawn, an opening to a brand new world. The lasting effects snuck into many aspects of life, including the time I dedicated to the learning, pursuit, and practice of science. In time, a video game about a battle to ward off waves of little aliens required the purchase of a large bulky black console, accompanied by a large bulky black joystick with a big red button. In the decades since, the technological leap into the first-quarter of the 21st-century means that Space Invaders is available as an online web-application, easily called upon anytime on demand.

In Vienna, the sight of little aliens prompted immediate personal curiosity, and I spent parts of three consecutive summers wandering the streets to find as many possible little “visitors”.

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24T56 Vienna: “tell these people who I am”, by Iris Andraschek

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In 2011, Vienna-based artist Iris Andraschek produced a series of installations as “carpets inscribed” into the pavement at 3 separate locations in the 7th city district (Bezirk Neubau). Each “carpet” highlights a woman’s story and her important contributions to the city’s history.

Landmarks – a series of art works, for example – provide impetus for exploring and discovering parts of a city. That’s been my approach to Vienna’s districts over the last 3 summers. Adding to memories I’m making, I keep finding the new, even in places I’ve passed through many times before.

herakut, Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art, MUCA, Munich, Muenchen, Bayern, Bavaria, Germany, Deutschland, fotoeins.com

Herakut: big wall art around Germany

Above/featured: “At times the only thing alive about me were those demons.” MUCA Munich – 31 May 2018 (X70).

One of my favourite artists is Herakut, a German duo whose street murals have appeared in Europe and around the world since 2004. Hera (Jasmin Siddiqui) and Akut (Falk Lehmann) use walls and big spaces for their big art with a signature look that includes expressive faces and big eyes, lots of photo-like details, and sharp typography. Their work explores issues such as physical and emotional isolation, maternal relationships, gender and racial equality, and all the things we think and feel lurking inside. But I think their compositions also include long notes and pauses which allow and incorporate vivid fantasy and playful whimsy.

Examples shown below include Wittenberg 2016, Heidelberg 2017, Berlin 2017, Munich 2018, Berlin 2021, Frankfurt am Main 2024.

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