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a glow during the luminato festival. small world in a new miniature version all the best was unveiled in hamburg. and a mountain moxy daredevil biker ha is philip and his breathtaking descent from the highest peaks. well it's that time of year in germany thank goodness when we're on the cusp of spring throwing off the shackles of a dark northern winter and rejoicing in the return of the light and the city of frankfurt in western germany goes about it very actively with its human knowledge and that's a biennial festival that puts the focus on light and on media art in all its many forms and applications and it makes great use of location in terms of how it plays with history and architecture so luckily there's still enough darkness to appreciate this stunning display. frankfurt's

famous rumor building has been transformed or is it just a trick of the light words an abstract patterns form and reform on the facade of the fifteenth century former town hall and. onlookers become part of this installation for light artist philip guys to video mapping show called frankfurt facades to tell stories about the city in preparation city residents sent him word start to associate with their remembered square. and it's fun sometimes because if some of the terms were in tension dialect so i had to know what they meant and i didn't know what they meant. because if there were also terms like burning thirty three respect. for together or cheers. they send in words with all kinds of associations

and get i. another of the city's landmarks the whole park concert hall held the premiere of a very different kind it's façade served as the screen for changing times a light artwork by the car mccune a design collective and at the milan artists tell the story of the opera house again five. to ten minute show covers the decades from its dedication in october one thousand nine hundred through its destruction in the bombings of world war two and its resurrection is the city's famous concert hall. i don't know if you thought that that it was the great value of this project and the effort comes from the combination of new methods with old materials. with the aid of new tech. ologies we succeeded in telling the story of the theater and

we used all the documents gathered from frankfurt's museums to do so. for the case where photos illustrations and videos. all it takes place every two years it's also known as the bayani hole for light hearted tender urban design could last for six days. the aim is not just to decile visitors but to encourage them to rediscover the city and think about sustainable urban development. as a ship. i always thought i knew frankfurt very well or even the parts of it that my off the beaten track for his or dusty humid out the luminol of this year's festival included installations are happening in places i had completely forgotten about be all by me young and event spotlights history and information of that one might not have even been aware of i'm so in my talks the inflationists the boast on. one venue is st catherine's church project cutting and posse on by viennese artist

victoria cohen has transformed it into a multifaceted work that involves light sound and silence a space that visitors can explore and linger in. the project examines the role that churches play in the public spaces of today's cities for missing link to the to me they are vast spaces gifted to the public in the middle of the city where you can find peace and refuge where your mind can wander especially with this catalina project it gives visitors a space to relax and then head back into the world fortified bolstered by the time they had to be alone with their thoughts saves. the church's patron saint is saint catherine of alexandria and the piece is also dedicated to her she was a fourth century philosopher who was put to death for her christian faith. she stands for an inner strength and courage. is also meant to have

a lasting impact what's left once the two hundred thousand expected visitors have left and the lights have gone out the often does we hope that eventually lead many positive impressions and that it will have inspired discussions that will still be relevant after the festival. and that will feed into decisions made by the city about the city and how it's changing. their stock i'm talking. to and the people of frank church can already start looking forward to yet another inspiring luminol in two years time. speaking of igniting discussions about a city these four legged citizens did just over the weekend in the british capital . but. around a thousand suns and their owners braved freezing temperatures in london for a sausage walk which took place for the third time in south london the organizers

are three dog lovers who first met on instagram. that you know maybe. i'm. under the bus. with them. kate ducks ones are affecting at least sausage dogs hence the sausage walk the next one is scheduled for june when hopefully the weather will be better. in. the sixteenth international chocolate festival in portugal came to an end on sunday the event showcased the world's most expensive chocolate. it's priced at over seventy seven hundred euros and covered in twenty three carat gold. with the most expensive spices in the world. and that gives it

a creamy gold flakes and vanilla from madagascar. its creator. said the chocolate was sort of the world's most expensive book of records. the trillion marine biologists found a way to grow fruit and vegetables under the seat. called me are located off the coast of northern italy eight meters below the surface of the biosphere looked like giant bubbles they offer perfect conditions for plants including beans basil and. they could be a way to feed growing populations. of fish. well the italians have been adept at underwater building for centuries that's clearest when you visit the lagoon city of venice the foundations of which lay of

course meters under water and for those who can't make it there in person or can't perhaps stand the crowd there's now a wonderful new way to enjoy venice with its bridges and canals and all you have to do is think small to live big. italy at its picture perfect best in the middle of hamburg to be out to bridge the grand canal not even the pigeons on the piazza san marco are missing from this miniature venice which spans just nine square metres but it took over thirty five thousand hours to build. frederick and garrett brown are still making tiny corrections. at the bridge of sighs for example a level shows that it's a little crooked. that morgan i'll show you the original might be crooked too it was built before it was possible to be completely precise. but i know it won't go

unnoticed and the reviews the right things like it was great but the bridge of sighs was crooked as. the lagoon city's major landmarks are crowded of it closer than they are in real life but the model makers kept as close as possible to the city's layout they've even recreated a chase scene from a james bond film. with. the venice police forces never ending battle with illegal hawkers is also immortalized in the miniature city. it cost about a million euros to build a miniature version of venice is populated by some three thousand figures a recreate of the famous carnival features hundreds of revelers in fancy constans. that's why that's good boy tickets yet when we put this building here we realize that visitors couldn't see all the fantastic carnival figures even if you stand on

the steps and off. so we took some of the best figures and spread them around in front of a tight late night follows the sparkle of four thousand any delights bates' the miniature venice in the same romantic atmosphere the real city is famous for thanks to nina recourse to her to the former pokey raters offices on sun piazza san marco are especially impressive. spaza the set to go by this was the last delivering installed we worked overtime to get the lighting just right and you're lucky are. the creators of miniature venice have a convenient solution for the city's rising water levels above. if only real world problems were as easy to fix. on the stuff we're headed to italy for real for euro max extra two. to a city once ruled by the venetians in fact and as usual one of our viewers had a hand in deciding our i ten or every. them but i know hails from bogota in

colombia and he wanted to see something of northern italy and so we're off to the region of d. to explore the top of bed a couple that's about fifty kilometers north east of milan well there's hardly a town in italy it has to be admitted that isn't rich in history and at typical italian flair but better government which is with its famous upper and lower cities separated by the unesco world heritage listed venetian walls is one of this country's treasures. america most location in the alpine foothills our shores and a grandparent around one of the countryside all around. the name is a dramatic origin meaning something like mountain home. the first settlers came here in ancient times. to guide barber serve

on navigates the streets and alleys of the old town they're going to has a unique layout. and we have the lower city which is the modern part of this is where visitors first arrive. and then we have the upper city with this historic center at the. back of it and thirdly we have the hills. these three parts of town are connected by two cable cars which the tourists and the people of very good mo have been using ever since the late one nine hundred centuries that the mosque. into that. the heart of the upper city is the piazza vecchia with its medieval tory cica whose bells once called the citizens back inside the town before the gates were closed to keep it. in. the palaces we see here to the left or from the one nine hundred century but

they harmonize with the medieval bergamot and with the renaissance in the road we have all these different styles here close together in this small space that is that the that's what's so fascinating about this city and that's the only the public west of. the religious quarter around cathedral square is especially rich in history that includes the twelfth century bacilli county such somebody a much broader. than the fifteenth century call. a new chapel. the walls of the basilica are draped was old tapestries and it ceilings are lavishly decorated with stucco figures. the tomb of the city's most famous son is here. tunnel done it's set in one of italy's most noted composers he died in one thousand and forty eight. the city actually has an entire museum

dedicated to dawn it said. it shows handwritten sheet music and paintings that call to mind the famous composer. the curator is fabrizio cup a tiny. he plays a well known passage from the opera nearly zero done more to be a lexer of love. but this is doubled under the good right now the great mosque there is experiencing a revival of the current fifty administration has launched a major campaign to revaluate done its work and make his name known all over the world that in the same could if you you know we don't do that in. near the museums the old city walls stretch for some five kilometers they date back to the age of the nation ruled. today the former limits of the upper city are a popular spot for a stroll. a place to go for some italian ice cream is love marianna this is where the stretch of tele flavor was invented in one nine hundred sixty two.

such as us was a very vocal to teach she said roman so where you you break day aggie all of the right of the side of the agony stays on the survey's it breaks into pieces of all this so my grandfather was invented a new flavor and we make something out of the lot that are regular everyday flavor with chocolate so ages remember this such a hell of them that they gave you that. in the region has other culinary says. nice to offer as well. is part of lombardi polenta boiled corn meal is a favorite dish sometimes with cheese. as a main dish but as a side with other things like mushrooms meat or rabbit. those are offer additional dishes typical of. the. we finish up with

a quick trip to the lower city with that shopping boulevard and theater which of course carries the name of don't it setting. in northern italy on holiday destinations that's well worth a visit. well despite the winter chill the cyclists are out in force this week for berlin bicycle week that's a weeklong festival that celebrates everything about bikes as a transport and a lifestyle choice and in honor of that our series this week features cyclists of all types and hide phillip isn't one to be found frequenting the city bike paths as an extreme mountain biker he prefers racing down mountains navigating razor thin curves a risky occupation that he admits doesn't make a lot of sense so we caught up with him to see why he's always after that next adrenaline rush.

extreme mountain biker howell phillip in the northern italian alps. here where even experienced mountain climbers are breathless he takes his bike to its and his limits. in the sequence of info there is definitely a risk but risk has a certain appeal when you go to the absolutely item of stage of your comfort zone and don't know if you're up to the challenge that's when it gets really interesting . during the ride how all the experiences and endorphin rush and busiest call this mental state flow. but then ones of when you're really in this flow at these moments you won't thinking at all you're just totally immersed in cycling for me the next two and a half second stretches the whole universe i become one with my bike with him.

give me a total rush on the way back down to the valley can be predicted. is that you'll think if i win whatever the load is dangerous it's always pulling you to go one step that's where i found my flow yesterday i don't find it today it's when you'll not in the flow but can think about what's around you that you can find a direction to develop it and nothing will be more dangerous and close to the abyss is the via ferrata definitely a mind blowing experience and. even mountain climbing with a bike over your shoulder is a mind blowing experience the film called via ferrata documents harold phillips tour over three climbs in the brain to dolomites in italy. without a safety cable the edge always in sight. there's the two of whatever this is

a troll where you can't afford to make any mistake i know that that's the stupid me but it's also what's so exhilarating that all of what happens depends one hundred percent on me. why do i ride a path so dangerous there really isn't a sense of belonging sort of that but something about it drew me to it. when i completed this tool i had the feeling down myself on being the use of a machine and been in these moments. together with a sports scientist the extreme cyclist has written a book about his experiences and the flow. out philip plans his bicycle adventures painstakingly at home in the austrian city of inscribed. the analyzes even the smallest rock faces on the mountain before every tour. and even he had this one so excited because the landscape is so

majestic it goes over this ridge and then down here and it must be pretty fantastic when you get such a great view into the valley. of. elah phillip wants to share his experiences with other people that's why he writes books shoots film and gives lectures all over europe. with them because of this i want to convey the feeling i have when i'm up on the mountain and it's not being a hero i don't i the pekin theatrically say i'm going to conquer it just feels great to be outdoors in nature i wouldn't say what i do makes sense but it makes me happy evelyn dundas me save a book is my. that's why he'll continue spending hours carrying his bike on his back of a mountain. for

a descent that lasts only a few minutes but what minutes they are. not for everyone most definitely better inspired by our cycling series we'd love to know if you are into bikes of any kind maybe also mountain biking or even holistic cycling or b.m.x. perhaps whatever your pleasure send us a picture with your favorite two wheeler and as a thanks for your feedback one lucky viewer will get this funky cycling bag made from up cycled bike tires very cool indeed so best of luck to all of you and hope you play along. or we finish off with some musical innovation and most people play

piano with these it helps also if you have ice long fingers so you can reach over an octave if necessary but music professor smith has found a way to give his hands and individual fingers even more reach his. last minute has set out to revolutionize piano playing his innovation is a data glove. unless played as different piano than chopin pencil i am sure pan a different one on the piano this replay today the instruments have kept developing over the centuries and today we have entirely new possibilities and tools to teach the computer technology lets us such a size sounds electronically and the data cloth can help us preserve to florida music. but that takes a well polished technique as the data glove in turn controls the computer life's mitzpe are hearses with the gloves and

a piano store in five books in about five years speedometers it isn't hard to play the piano at these clubs i can influence the sound horse very slight movements for example. now i turn my hand to the left. hand heads this effect or i can put a long echo what i promised my middle finger. what i call my finger back the echo is gonna get. high schmidt is the jazz musician composer and professor at five books university of music he lives for music and he's always looking for new sounds. he wants to his data glove project in twenty sixteen he calls it's the piano. that's the pyramid you hear the pioneer and the piano senate and the piano because like someone sets off into the polar ice it has something of that world sees

a sphere. on schmidt has just begun to explore new musical dimensions what he's doing and how he's doing it are a first he writes music so. being in his favorite cafe in five books surrounded by the hum of the day to day life. is the feel there's so much research to be done as i've only scratched the surface because organic and that's ok that way there's a lot more i can we get out of these coffeehouse awareness. as a musician he has just one objective. of course i'd like to reach the listeners hearts the fascination with technology is one thing but for any end it's the sounds that reach people in dimension. and that's the ultimate objective of hive schmidt's project to reach his listeners. and with that our time is up so choice and until next.

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