Berlin
The architect who threw it all away to become a tattoo artist
How to make it on your own — Silvia Castro Pérez pursued her dream job as an architect in Spain until it felt like a creative dead-end. Then she moved to Berlin and taught herself how to tattoo, opening up a new world of creative possibility.
Written by: Alex King
The filmmaker from Damascus finding inspiration in Berlin
Pivot Points: Stories of Change — In this edition of Pivot Points, stories that shift a photographer’s perspective, Lara Atallah spends time with Aghyad Abou Koura, a young Syrian filmmaker, and finds herself reconnecting with her own journey to image-making.
Written by: Lara Atallah
The everyday idiosyncrasies of Berlin’s streets
Blink and you’ll miss it — Blending the minor with the magical, photographer Hanko Ye roams the German capital in search of the unique moments that most of us miss.
Written by: Niall Flynn
This Syrian rapper risked everything for freedom. Now he wants the world to listen
From activist to outcast — In his homeland of Syria, Mohammad Abu Hajar is considered a fugitive – a political musician who wore out his welcome. But in Berlin, where he lives in exile, the right to exist poses a new set of challenges.
Written by: Lara Atallah
Shining a light on graffiti's rebel underground
The Grifters Code — From climbing rooftops to outrunning police, Good Guy Boris has taken a world shrouded in secrecy and documented it in style. But now that he's compiled it all in a book, the next challenge awaits.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Refugees and young Berliners are finding community through food
Filling in the gaps — Germany might have accepted large numbers of refugees into the country at points during the ongoing crisis, but when it comes to support and integration the state is failing. Instead, young people are filling in the gaps, using food as a tool to bring people together.
Written by: Merlin Jobst
Video: The street artists who bombed primetime with ‘Homeland is racist’ graffiti
Homeland Is Not A Series — Caram Kapp explains why the Arabian Street Artists had to challenge Homeland’s inaccurate and damaging portrayal of the Middle East, War on Terror and the refugee crisis.
Written by: Alex King
Things we learned from iconic music photographer Anton Corbijn’s Berlin retrospective
Images, icons and imperfections — Dutch photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn is most famous for his authentic pictures of famous musicians. In honour of his 60th birthday, a retrospective of his work is displayed in Berlin.
Written by: Yuki Schubert
Artists and architects unite to imagine creative solutions to the global housing crisis
The future of living space — Huck visits a new exhibition in Berlin to see how innovative thinkers are using architecture to re-empower communities fragmented by the housing crisis.
Written by: George Kafka
Berlin Wall artist Thierry Noir paints in the key of jazz
Thierry Noir: Jazz — Thierry Noir takes a step away from the Berlin Wall in his new exhibition that explores the harmony between art and music.
Written by: Robin Nierynck