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glow during the luminato festival. small world the new miniature version of the best was unveiled in hamburg. and a mountain moxy daredevil biker hostiles philip and his breathtaking descent from 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 on the square an workers become part of this installation for light artist philip guys to video mapping show called frankfurt's facades tell stories about the city in preparation city residents sent him words to the associated with their remembered. and it's fun sometimes because if some of the terms were in tension dialect so i had to learn what they meant i didn't know what they meant. because if there were also terms like burning thirty three respect. for together or cheers. for the first she also she 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 life artwork by the karma kena design collective in that the milan artist told 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 it was the great value of this project and effort comes from the combination of new methods with old material. 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

days where photos illustrations and videos. eliminate all it takes place every two years it's also known as the bayani all four light hearted tender urban design could last for six days. the game is not just a 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 odds are his or dusty humid out there let me nala this year's festival included insulations are happening in places i had completely forgotten about be all by me young and event spotlights history and informational that one might not have even been aware of i'm sure my talks influenced me on. one venue is st catherine's church project cutting and pasi on by

a 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 me since i think that 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 the event will leave 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 it's their start i'm talking. to and the people of frankfurt 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 that over the weekend in the british capital. around. this and their owners raid freezing temperatures in london for a sausage walk which took place for the third time in greenwich park in south

london the organizers are three dog lovers who first met on instagram. that you know maybe. i'm out of hundreds of the best. in the u.k. docks ones are affecting at least known as sausage dogs hence the sausage walk the next one is scheduled for june when hopefully the weather will be better. for. 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 over seventy seven hundred euros and covered in edible twenty three carat gold. it's filled with the most expensive spices in the world. and that gives it

a creaminess gold flakes and vanilla from madagascar. its creator portuguese shukla. said the diamond shaped chocolate was certified as the world's most expensive book of records. the chilean marine biologists have found a way to grow fruit and vegetables under the seat of the world's first tribal biospheres called name are located off the coast of northern italy eight meters below the surface. they offer perfect conditions for plants including beams basil and. they could be a way to feed growing populations. 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 underwater and for those who can't make it there in person or can't perhaps down 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 in 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 a bit 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 costumes. that's we just get bored if that's your time 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 that stuff it. the night follows the sparkle of four thousand ellie delights bates the miniature venice and the same romantic atmosphere the real city is famous for thanks to nina b. course tempered the former procurators offices on some piazza san marco are especially impressive. spaza the set to go by to this was the last feeling 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. that only real world problems were as easy to fix. the next up 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 it. is 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 the typical italian flair but better go 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. they're the most location in the alpine foothills our shores a grandparent around the countryside all around. the name is a dramatic origin meaning something like mountain home. the first settlers came here in ancient times. for good harbor sub

on navigates the streets and alleys of the old town veritable has a unique layout. and we have the lower city which is the modern part of this is where visitors first arrive. then we have the upper city with his historic center of 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 bergen mo have been using ever since the late one nine hundred centuries that the mosque the mud that at least into the left. 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. the. promises 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 their own enough we have all these different styles here close together in this small space that they'll be able to stop that's what's so fascinating about this city and that's the only other provoke. the religious quarter around cathedral square is especially rich in history that includes the twelfth century bacilli kind of the subtle body or much order. and the fifteenth century calling. on the 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 gaia tunnel done at seti one of italy's most noted composers he died in one thousand and forty eight. the city actually has an entire museum

dedicated to doing 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 law. in fact this is doubled and of on going 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 it worked out in the same but if you you know we don't do that because. near the museum 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. the place to go for some italian ice cream islam marianna this is where the stretch of tele flavor was invented in one thousand nine hundred sixty two.

such as us was a very vocal or g h g's it is roman so where you break day aggie all the rest of the side of the agony stays on the surveys it breaks into pieces so that the so my grandfather was invented a new flavor and when you make something out of the lot then the regular bit flavor with chocolate so ages remember this such a hell of them that they gave you that. the region has other killing areas. national news to offer as well. as 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 with traditional dishes typical of. the. we finish up with

a quick trip to the lower city which is shopping boulevard and theatre which of course carries the name most don't accept it. in northern italy holiday destinations that's well worth a visit. all despite the winter chill the cyclists are out in force this week for berlin bicycle week that's a week long festival that celebrates everything about bikes as a transport and a lifestyle choice and an owner of that are serious 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 nothing biker howel philip in the northern italian alps. here where even experienced mountain climbers are breathless he takes his bike to its and his limits. in sequence of info there is definitely a risk but risk has a certain appeal when you go to the absolutely out of my stage of your comfort zone and 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 juiciest call this mental state flow. of emin's of when you're really in this flow with these moments you want thinking you're told 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 the move

up. give me a total rush on the way back down to the valley can be addictive. basically just make a file and whatever the flow 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 if this 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 insight. there's no two of one for 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 belong such of that but something about it drew me to it. when i completed this troll i had the feeling down myself on being that he. been in the moment. together with his sports scientist the extreme cyclist has written a book about his experiences and the flow. out philip planned his bicycle adventures painstakingly at home in the austrian city of instructor he 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 philip wants to share his experiences with other people that's why he writes books shoots film and gives lectures all over europe. because because of this i want to convey the feeling i have when i'm up on the mountain 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 don't dismiss able to please him. 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 but 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. clash mate has set out to revolutionize piano playing his innovation is the data. unless bach played as different piano than chopin daedra i am sure pan a different one than the pianos we play today the instruments have kept developing over the centuries and today we have entirely new possibilities and tools to take the computer technology lets a synthesizer sounds electronically and the data is lost can help us preserve the florida music. but that takes a well polished take nique as the data glove in turn controls the computer life schmidt's rehearses with the gloves and

a piano store in five. parts of your spirit is 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 out adds this effect or i can put a long echo what i thought was my middle finger. what i call my finger back the echoes going against. my 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 watched his data glove project in twenty sixteen he calls it the piano. recipe and yet you hear the pioneer and the piano senate stay on the piano because like someone sets off into the polar ice it has something of that world sees us

fair. question it has just begun to explore new musical dimensions what he's doing and how he's doing it our first he writes music sit. in his favorite cafe and five books surrounded by the hum of day to day life. there's no fear 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 for any and it's the sounds that reach people in the mission. and that's the ultimate objective of. project to reach his listeners. and with that our time is up so just so and until next.

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