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    Triple DESTAN: three art-forms combined in an oriental style



Triple DESTAN combines Dance, Music and Writing. The project was born in Tokyo, where well-known dancer Amigo (founding member of the "Flying Steps") and Ritsche&Zast were taking part of an Berlin Street Art exhibition at the Tokyo Wondersite Gallery. DESTAN is the Turkish word for "story". Each of the artists is telling a story with his own artform. At the same time, one story is told together. Since Amigo is of Turkish origin, it's also about oriental roots, oriental music and art combined with Berlin urban styles. What started as a spontanious action, was first officially presented in February 2006 at the dance competition "Juste Debout Germany" at Tanzhaus NRW, Duesseldorf. In the future several videos are going to be released also featuring drummer Christian Marien, who recently has been added to the project.

Watch out for news on www.dance-unity.com or check out the "Flying Steps" at www.flying-steps.de. For infos on the Tokyo exhibition see www.doitsu-nen.jp


     
    Ritsche & Zast DVD out now



On October 16th, the new DVD of Ritsche Koch (trumpet) and Thomas Bratzke ("Zast", painting), was released. It features 6 short films which document various performances of the two artists, also involving other musicians. The performance spots range from subway stations to old office buildings. Some of the movies were filmed at live performances, some show quick night actions at outside locations. Still, the main aspect of all movies is to search for different communcation forms between writing and music.

The DVD applies to all languages and region codes, the format is D1-PAL. To order write a mail to ritsche@yahoo.de
Photo © Laura Braun


     
   





     
   

The City of Names
July 29th -September 4th 2005



This August a group of about 20- 30 writers and Street- Artists from Berlin and other countries will build a small city with the aid of interested residents and kids over a period of three weeks.
The artists will covert their style, which is influenced by the construction and deconstruction of letters, into the architecture of their buildings. The “tag“, the expression of the writer reduced to a signature, will become three-dimensional and thus more accessible. It will be possible to walk through the interior of a signature. The artists and the involved teenagers themselves have the choice and freedom to give the city its name, shape and colour.
The individual ambition to construct a house will be devoted to the collective ambition to build up a city. The writers themselves will take on the responsible roles of architects, landlords and urban planners.
The city will be a public exhibition space during the construction period and it will be finished by the opening date of Backjumps- The Live issue #2 on the 18th of August 2005. From August 19th on, the City Of Names will be preserved for 2 weeks. It is planned to offer theatre, puppet theatre, concerts and movie events in the finished version of the “city“.

 Events at the City of Names:

Sunday, August 21st from 3pm: "With security dies freedom" happening by CBS
Sunday, September 4th from 3 pm: Jazzstylecorner style battle,
performance by Ritsche and Zast


     
   







Contakt: city_of_names@gmx.de
In collaboration with Backjumps - The Live Issue#2 and Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien.