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MEDITATION, SELF-DISCOVERY & SPIRITUALITY WITH “THE ART OF BEING YOURSELF” PODCAST — RECOMMENDED BY JULIA VUKOVIC
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MEDITATION, SELF-DISCOVERY & SPIRITUALITY WITH “THE ART OF BEING YOURSELF” PODCAST — RECOMMENDED BY JULIA VUKOVIC

How satisfied are you with yourself and your life? What transformations would you like to see? And why are you holding back? Michaela Aue has been teaching and practicing yoga and meditation for more than 20 years. In her podcast, Die Kunst du selbst zu sein (“The Art of Being Yourself”,) she shares with her listeners her personal experiences and transformation stories of how the art of meditation has transformed her life from chaos to order. She shares her tricks and tips on how meditation and spirituality can become faithful companions in your journey of personal growth. In addition, there are exciting interviews with people who dare to go their own way and in doing so express themselves every day in a new light. Michaela has accompanied and enriched my journey for more than three years now and won me over straight away with her unique voice and personality. If you want to get to know this powerful and wonderfully warm woman, be sure to listen to this podcast and be a part of the art of being yourself.

Julia Vukovic is a freelance art director living in Graefekiez. She designs for the Berlin art and culture scene, loves books, magazines and podcasts, practices yoga and regularly submerges her head under water.

Text: Julia Vukovic / Photos: Alicia Minkwitz, Cottonbro Studio & Julia Vukovic

“Die Kunst du selbst zu sein” by Michaela Aue is found everywhere podcasts are available.

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ROOTY PLANT HUB: BERLIN’S HIDDEN GEM FOR PLANT LOVERS — RECOMMENDED BY JEROEN OTTE
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ROOTY PLANT HUB: BERLIN’S HIDDEN GEM FOR PLANT LOVERS — RECOMMENDED BY JEROEN OTTE

Rooty Plant Hub is why I love Berlin, a city that has countless hidden gems. Even after living here for four years, I keep discovering new things. The shop is located on Warthestrasse, a rather peculiar street, flanked on two sides by abandoned cemeteries overgrown with beautiful trees. It’s a stone’s throw from Tempelhofer Feld. I had cycled past the shop multiple times since I lived in the neighborhood, but never noticed that it was there. On this particular day, it had some new and interesting plants outside that caught my attention. I got into terrarium making after participating in a unique workshop with the Prinzessinnengarten Kollektiv just around the corner. The organizer recommended that I go to Der Holländer for terrarium plants. Standing in front of this shop, I thought it had the potential to provide the materials for my massive empty terrarium barrel.

Once inside, I was overwhelmed by the vast array of well-nurtured plants of all sizes. It’s a combination of plant, gift, and coffee shop, and even has a vegan lunch place within a tiny room. It’s owned by the lovely Shania from Hong Kong. You can see right away that she has a keen eye for quality. So, after your next visit to Tempelhofer Feld, make sure to visit Rooty, because love for plants is multiplied when shared.

Jeroen Otte runs the Berlin office of Koos, a global design and innovation agency. He moved from Amsterdam to Berlin 4 years ago. One might say he’s the only living soul that experiences the Berlin winters as “an upgrade”. One might also say Jeroen is a very optimistic person.

Text: Jeroen Otte / Photos: Rebecca Schatz

Rooty Plant Hub, Warthestr.4, 12051 Berlin–Neukölln; map
Thurs–Mon 11–18h30 & Fri 10h30–19h

@rootyplanthub

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ROSE-COLORED STORMS: KATHARINA ZIEMKE’S EXHIBITION UNWETTER AT HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY — RECOMMENDED BY TINA ROEDER
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ROSE-COLORED STORMS: KATHARINA ZIEMKE’S EXHIBITION UNWETTER AT HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY — RECOMMENDED BY TINA ROEDER

Images from disaster zones reach us daily in the news, mostly on our smartphones. They burn themselves into our collective eye. Pictures of pictures of catastrophes can now be seen at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In her exhibition there, “Unwetter,” painter Katharina Ziemke presents a series of oil and watercolor paintings that are beautiful and terrible at the same time. Dreamlike catastrophic: pink palm trees fanning in the strong wind or devastation and streams of water becoming ornaments. Wind and water become whiplashes. An aesthetic approach to climate change and at the same time a wake-up call. Katharina Ziemke pursues various forms of artistic practices such as performance, video art and theater, using science as material for her work. The videos on view in the exhibition are also performed by the artist as live painting performances. She already did this in a similar way at the Schaubühne for the production of Thomas Ostermeier’s “Professor Bernhardi.” It was precisely this collaboration that inspired her methodology of “performing” watercolor paintings before the public, where time plays an important role and the process is recorded. Transience is inherent in the work, after they are created, they are wiped away. Quite as mercilessly as storms do. A poetic contemplation, the climate crisis as a burning issue before the eyes, in a place of knowledge and research. 

Tina Roeder is a designer, artist and curator in Berlin. A highlight of this year’s Gallery Weekend was her exhibition “Conceptual Substance” at Eternithaus. She is currently initiating the interdisciplinary talk series “Conceptual Conversations”, where conceptual practices and projects are presented and new synergies are woven.

Text: Tina Roeder / Credits: Katharina Ziemke

Exhibition “Unwetter” at Lichthof Ost of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin–Mitte; map

Mon–Fri 09–21h, Sat 09–17h. The exhibition runs until 10.11.2023.

@katharina_ziemke
@tinasroeder

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BISTRO SPUMANTE – VACATION FEELING IN THE MIDDLE OF KREUZBERG
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BISTRO SPUMANTE – VACATION FEELING IN THE MIDDLE OF KREUZBERG

Has it been too long since your last trip to the Mediterranean – or are you dreaming of one? No problem! Perhaps the solution is a visit to Bistro Spumante in Kreuzberg. Opened by sisters Helene and Emma in March 2023, the bistro immediately makes you feel like a passenger on the ferry to the Mediterranean. Because everything is just right: from the white Monobloc chairs and the azure-blue painted floor, to the warmly glowing fairy lights, to the seaside snacks served in red baskets. The mood is one of relaxed chatter, accompanied by pleasant Italo-pop music. The fellow travelers to the bistro are friends of the family business, neighbors from the neighborhood, the curious, and vacationers like me. The destination of the trip might not be clear: Italy, Portugal or Greece? But at Bistro Spumante you don’t have to decide. There are rotating drinks and corresponding dishes from the different countries around the Mediterranean. Sometimes there is Strangolapreti (spinach dumplings with sage butter and parmesan) on the menu, sometimes Parmigiana or Tosta Mista (ham and cheese toast) – right underneath the onion bread. Or would you prefer fresh, salty olives, a portion of French fries or calamari with aioli? I just tried a little bit of everything, because I could quickly switch to vacation mode.

The decision on drinks is easy, as the menu is full of vacation gems. I start my getaway with a personal favorite: sparkling wine on tap – yes, that’s right! – Spumante on tap, delightful. Along with Mediterranean classics like Campari, Ouzo and Pastis, there’s Cynar Spritz, Averna Sour and Frangelico. The vacation mood is picking up. Those who prefer non-alcoholic drinks will be delighted with lemonades, Chinotto Spritz or Peroni 0.0%. Inspired by the warm atmosphere, my ferry heads for Mallorca and I order a Cortado leche y leche, a Spanish espresso variation with condensed milk. And as it usually does, this successful vacation goes by far too quickly. This one only lasted a few hours, but I’m not sad, because I know: I can always come back on deck at Bistro Spumante when my longing for a Mediterranean escape becomes too great. The ferry Spumante leaves on time every day – you only have to be patient on Mondays. Ahoy & a presto!

Hanna Jensen is an architect and a native of South Baden. Berlin has been her home since 2020. She especially loves the summer months, when the days never want to end.

Text: Hanna Jensen / Photos: Sophie Döring

Bistro Spumante, Reichenberger Str.73, 10999 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Tue-Wed 12–23h, Thu 16–23h, Fri 16–02h, Sat 13–02h, Sun 13–20h

@bistro.spumante

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DREAM WORLDS AND MYTHICAL CREATURES: LEIKO IKEMURA AT THE FEUERLE COLLECTION — RECOMMENDED BY NOELIA GAITE
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DREAM WORLDS AND MYTHICAL CREATURES: LEIKO IKEMURA AT THE FEUERLE COLLECTION — RECOMMENDED BY NOELIA GAITE

Berlin loves art in bunkers. The Feuerle Collection, for example, has found its public home in a former telecommunications bunker. And this home now houses the solo show “When Animals become Art” by Leiko Ikemura, curated by Désiré Feuerle himself, until January 2024. This is an exhibition that offers the kind of art experience that sharpens the senses. Whether with a date or ridin’ solo, you can treat yourself to this Berlin Kunstbunker experience, which is similar to the club experience so typical of the city: 1. it’s dark, 2. cell phone cameras aren’t taped off, but photography is still prohibited, and 3. the visit is probably a bit shorter than at the club, but it doesn’t have to be any less ecstatic. The first eye-catcher is a dramatically lit installation in the middle of the gloomy exhibition space (bunkers aren’t big on natural light, as we know).

On the floor, a small zoo of stuffed animals is placed on a black blanket. Those who are a little familiar with the artist’s work will immediately recognize the reference to the animal mythical creatures recurring in it and at the same time think to themselves: Yes, of course, close, but surely this is not a work by Leiko Ikemura? The remaining exhibits provide an exemplary insight into the materials and techniques typically used by Ikemura. Sculptures made of opaque cast glass lie on floor cushions draped around the center of the room, elegantly playing with the limited, punctuated light. We see poetic landscape paintings on coarsely woven jute hanging on the far wall, giving spatial context to the dream world one has just entered. In front, an imposing bronze sculpture, a chimera: the Queen Rabbit, who seems to watch over the parallel world and its small inhabitants.

Noelia Gaite’s life revolves around art, art, art: she curates, contemplates and analyzes. And when it all gets to be too much, she takes long walks through the city with music in her ears. On bridges, she likes to linger a little longer.

Credit: Leiko Ikemura, The Feuerle Collection / Photos: Wai Kung & Nicolas Boettger

The Feuerle Collection, Hallesches Ufer 70, 10963 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Fri 14–18h & Sat–Sun 11–19h. The guided tour must be booked in advance.

@thefeuerlecollection

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