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FLOWING LINES — STREAM CATALOG FROM BETTINA KRIEG

FLOWING LINES — STREAM CATALOG FROM BETTINA KRIEG

Artist Bettina Krieg’s latest catalog Stream is a monograph that does justice to her work – a beautiful collection that not only documents seven years of her drawings, but also gives an account of the artist herself in texts by Julia Voss and an interview with culture scholar Philipp Felsch. For Krieg, drawing has always been meditation: her monochrome flowing lines wind and interweave to form endless shapes that, by turns, resemble hair and wide hilly landscapes. Occasional gaps add another dimension to the patterns, and your gaze becomes calm as you scan these reproductions of her delicate, often room-high drawings – examples of which adorn the walls of our office at Cee Cee. From Würzburg but based in Berlin for the last 20 years, Krieg gives out the same harmonious quietness as her paintings. It’s a quality also shared by this catalog, which incidentally was co-produced by our sister agency Cee Cee Creative. It makes an ideal gift for all those who love drawings. (Text: Hanna Komornitzyk / Photos: Ramona Razaghmanesh & Esra Rotthoff)

Bettina Krieg: Stream – A Monograph
(2020, Distanz, German & English, 144 Pages)
The catalog be ordered online.

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A TIMELY LESSON: ALICE HASTERS ON WHAT WHITE PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT RACISM

A TIMELY LESSON: ALICE HASTERS ON WHAT WHITE PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT RACISM

Structural racism is not a distant problem: it is also deeply rooted in Germany. And while it does not affect the everyday lives of many living in white society, the current wave of protests by the Black Lives Matter movement should have made very clear just how crucial this topic is to everyone. This is where German journalist and author Alice Hasters comes in. Her 2019 book, “Was weiße Menschen nicht über Rassismus hören wollen” (“What white people don’t want to hear about racism”), deals with the problem of overlooked and (to some) invisible racism head on. Often based on personal experience, Hasters highlights five areas that racism touches: everyday life, school, bodies, love and family. Throughout the book, the author describes how she herself has experienced racism in Germany and how it has shaped her. The result is a highly authoritative work that holds a mirror up to every reader, and while some might find the material hard to confront, it is an urgent task, and requires reflection and self-criticism. Hasters offers Germany a much-needed wake-up call – a demand for a more enlightened and conscious approach to racism. If reading is not your thing, you can also listen to the audio version on Spotify. (Text & Photos: Sophie Döring)

Looking for books on racism in English? Check out this list to get you started.

“Was weiße Menschen nicht über Rassismus hören wollen” (“What white people don’t want to hear about racism”) by Alice Hasters (in German, Hanserblau, 2019, 222 pages)
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CEE CEE IS HIRING — JOIN OUR TEAM AS A SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

CEE CEE IS HIRING — JOIN OUR TEAM AS A SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

We are a young, growing company and are looking to expand our interdisciplinary, international team with a German-speaking Social Media Manager. If you are an open-minded, articulate digital expert who thinks strategically and is passionate about social media of every sort, then get in touch. You will be based at our studio in Berlin Mitte. For more information visit our agency website and fill out our application form – we look forward to hearing from you. Not the job for you? Feel free to share this with your friends!

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OUT NOW: THE BERLIN DECKS X CEE CEE NEIGHBORHOOD MAP FOR MOABIT AND WEDDING

OUT NOW: THE BERLIN DECKS X CEE CEE NEIGHBORHOOD MAP FOR MOABIT AND WEDDING

The season for urban exploring is upon us, and we’ve been working on the perfect little companion for discovering Berlin’s northwest. Yes, it’s the latest edition in our Neighborhood Map series, and this time we’ve teamed up with Berlin Decks to bring you some of the best of Moabit and Wedding. This free printed guide-cum-city map is packed full of tips, with 100 restaurants, cafes, shops and cultural venues to discover. With picks ranging from backstreet bookshops and old-school Kneipen to Syrian bakeries and ceramics studios, you’ll find an option to match every mood and moment. Now summer has arrived and with distant destinations out of reach, there’s never been a better time to go local – and the Neighborhood Map is your pocket passport for discovering new favorites nearby. So go and pick up your copy at selected spots around the city, grab a friend or two and head northwest. (Text: Benji Haughton / Photos: Sophie Döring)

P.S. If you are looking for an event venue, Berlin Decks is a temporary location offering more than enough space for your ideas and distancing requirements – 7000 sqm to be precise.

Cee Cee x Berlin Decks Neighborhood Map: Moabit & Wedding.
The map is free to pick up at selected spots across Mitte, Kreuzberg and City West and here you can download the PDF version of the map.
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WHY ART MATTERS — FUNNY WEATHER BY OLIVIA LAING

WHY ART MATTERS — FUNNY WEATHER BY OLIVIA LAING

“Can art do anything, especially during periods of crisis?” Olivia Laing asks in the foreword to her new collection of essays, Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency. Now this question is all the more topical since Laing first asked it in reference to existing threats of war, climate change, social inequality, and nationalism. As a Frieze Magazine columnist, Laing has been searching for the answers since 2015 by looking at the work of artists such as David Wojnarowicz and Philip Guston. In the book she describes how she posed for the painter Chantal Joffe and writes love letters to art critic John Berger, Wolfgang Tillmans and Freddie Mercury. In this collection, which brings together a career of writing for the first time, art criticism is combined with deeply personal observations. Whether the essays are autobiographical or fictional, Laing always takes a political stance, as she does in her novel “Crudo” and memoir “The Lonely City”. She writes intimately about artists, thinkers and writers of our time, even if she has yet to meet some of them personally. If art is a survival strategy, then so are Laing’s texts, offering both comfort and a call for resistance. (Text: Laura Storfner / Photos: Savannah van der Niet)

Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency (Picador, 2020, 368 pp.) 
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