HAMBURG: DIED AND FRIENDS
Initially we planned to make a special about Hamburg but our main contributor and friend wouldn't share the pages with people he doesn't know or, in some cases, hates. Respecting his opinion we came to the conclusion to make a special about him and his close friends... in Hamburg.
SPIDER | EBBE | RÄTSEL | RACHE | SLAC | MOTIV
It’s unlikely that anybody would disagree when I say that Seoul is a special city. The South Korean capital literally fulfills its official name of Seoul Special City. Just talking about it requires the use of superlatives. CNN Travel once summed it up in an article entitled, “50 reasons why Seoul is the world's greatest city.” They include: “World’s most wired city” “World's smartest, and cheapest personal assistants” “Wildest celebrity scandals” “Most art openings per square mile” Well, yes, Seoul is superlative in all respects. I was impressed when I went there to visit a friend who had been living there for a while. At a time when we can look
anything up on the Internet, it is easy to get an impression of a city without going their physically. But it’s impossible to capture the atmosphere of Seoul, which is actually inexplicable. You may know certain things about the city, such as the constant pressure to perform, the rebellion against strict rules, alcohol consump-
tion as an instant solution to problems, the clean streets... but they don't tell the whole story. What I can tell you is what makes Seoul a special city for me: • The Korean dish kimchi and its penetrating smell of garlic that people sweat out and spread through cabs and subways, thanks to air-conditioning systems. Since Koreans eat the fermented cabbage dish at all times of the day, the smell hits you even in the morning. • The beautiful Han River slashing its way through the concrete city. • The diversity of metro trains that are each beautiful • The five-meter high wall that I had to jump down from, when a train writing action suddenly became a critical situation.
When it comes to graffiti and photography, we can't deny the hard work of this man. Florian Krause is a photographer who was infected with the graffiti virus at a young age... The thing that bothered him in the graffiti scene was the bad photography of great pieces, making the documentation as important as the act itself. In 2010 he decided to do "the dirty job" himself and started "lightpainting". Contradictory to what many say looks like he's using photoshop; he's not. Through long exposures he uses different torches and other lightsources to highlight the pieces and bring them to life.
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