<![CDATA[io9: Berlin]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Berlin]]> http://io9.com/tag/berlin http://io9.com/tag/berlin <![CDATA[The spasmodic robot street performer of a Berlin flea market]]> At the Mauerpark flea market in Berlin, you can watch the stuttering routine of a very unique street performer — a robot who sits on a shopping cart and is overcome by the power of interpretative dance. I'm not sure who created this bot, but there are many videos of it online. Any Berliners out there familiar with this machine man? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5841118&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The leading man plays a killer whale in Berlin's underwater opera]]> What links a scientific research station in Antarctica with a unique opera performance in Germany's capital? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5799717&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Frustrated Berliners build oversized kaleidoscopes to block subway ads]]> Subway advertising is a risky proposition for the advertiser because you'll never know if someone will remix your ad into, say, Darth Vader chugging a beer. In Berlin's Friedrichstraße U-Bahn station, advertisers have eschewed print completely and have taken to projecting commercials on the subway's walls. The city's street artists have adapted accordingly: More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5779482&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Berlin's Abandoned Spreepark Is Where Fun Goes To Die]]> We recently posted about Michigan's Prehistoric Forest, a dilapidated amusement park full of decaying fiberglass dinosaurs. Berlin has its own defunct dinosaur funland - the Spreepark - which fell on hard times after the collapse of communism. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5528826&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A First Look Inside Duncan Jones's Futuristic Berlin]]> Moon director Duncan Jones has released the first concept image for his next project, futuristic thriller Mute, giving us a foretaste of his Bladerunner-inspired Berlin. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5359330&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A Giant, Glowing Cube in the Middle of Berlin]]> German railroad company Deutsche Bahn has its headquarters right in the heart of Berlin's Washingtonplaz. For a redesign, the company chose this cubic construction by Danish architecture firm 3xn. Very, very cube-y on the outside, but the inside is surprisingly airy. Go inside after the jump. More »
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