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bring your photography dramatic pictures from the front lines capturing street food moments in time and even risking death. she gave her life to other stories of people who ended up killing. women more photographers starting research on d. w. . o. from berlin and come to your m x and today show we're getting very creative five sample like this. and that's what i think the spanish artist will make sculptures all those leaps. in textual art to the new film about the bottles movement. and sewage use of making
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a wall clock out of don't we know pieces. like commenee other artists to do it on started off a painting all on canvas but off the while he decided to try new things he started working with leafs getting them straight from the trees the spanish artist collects impressive them and then the creative work begins he cuts some of the patterns and beliefs invent of this special technique in two thousand and five and well guess who his news was back then a couple of. there's so much to discover in a single tiny leaf. these filigree masterpieces were handmade by spanish artist lord enzo man who headed out and. he cut them into leaves harvested
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from trees and bushes. one. with one. when i go into the forest more than anything it's just that i'm looking for peace and quiet. this is where my creativity really gets flowing there's a million again which live. in spring that ends of money where to go searching through the forests of his home province guadalajara for just the right he leaves. the technical draftsmen by trade he lives with his family in a village about seventy five kilometers north east of madrid. their house doubles as a gallery for his art a central theme is nature and people's bond with it. is especially drawn to working with the materials nature provides him.
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the perfect leaf doesn't exist certainly a mentor source or leaves grow in nature and they've undergone a process of evolution. but it's precisely their imperfection that in my view that makes them perfect perfectly on some point of ethics. these works give little hint of the time effort and dedication that's gone into them. their own presses the fresh leaves and lets them drive for a few days. the leaves have to be dry and. if that cuts don't smear or discolor and yet most enough not to crumble. the image stencil is attached to the leaf with fixative then he carefully works his way around with a scalpel cut by cut. i was inspired when i watched a caterpillar getting its way through
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a leaf. yeah but i gave me the idea to cut my own designs into leaves. over time i learned more and more and developed my own technique meeting. depending on the design it can take lorenzo did on several days to finish the cutting into the almost meditative work. thirteen years ago to run still worked in construction when he lost his job it's hit him hard but then he discovered his artistic bent. he started out painting in oils and later began his leaf carvings. for him his has been a journey of self explore ration. of thinking. there's a scene one side of a leaf is turned to the light. the other stays in shade you know the there's
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a similarity there to us humans no one side of us is visible the other is not. a hard thing when i work on a leaf i'm in touch with a side of me that isn't visible. i suppose you could call it the subconscious mind . quite a few things became clear to me and my talent which i'd never recognized before came to light. today that ends a man who i did on makes a living as an artist. his works up published in design blogs the international press magazines books. his works also in demand with companies for green media campaigns leaves cleanse the air of carbon dioxide and produce oxygen making them an ideal symbol for a healthy environment put it on sustainability and green ethics are very important .
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i want to express is that human beings original bond with nature. today we've lost this sense of connection. only if we humans manage to see ourselves as a part of nature that we can learn to respect our environment again. if they carefully preserved. ten years or more. like nature itself they to answer tree fortunately neurons of man were did on keeps turning out anyway. and now it's getting really roil that a lot more in today's express all round up of cultural events in europe. it's official prince william will be best man at his brother prince harry's wedding it's a busy spring for the windsors on monday prince william and duchess catherine welcomed
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their third child in may prince harry is to wed meghan markle the couple have already become a favorite with royal watchers american tourists are snapping up memorabilia and visiting windsor castle where the royal wedding will be held. new exhibition called the age of cold a european history will open at the toll for i'm coalmining complex in essen on friday the show features some twelve hundred mementos illustrating how two hundred years of coal mining have left their mark on europe and on the rural valley of western germany. demand for coal as a source of energy was once enormous but today coal mining is on its way out in europe since the one nine hundred fifty s. one hundred twenty eight coal mines have shut down in germany the country's last coal mine is due to close later this year.
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two unusual buildings on the baltic island of aruba and by engineer aldridge meter have been renovated the lifeguard tower in been states from nine hundred eighty two the music of million in the town of sas and it's from nine hundred eighty eight. who died in two thousand and seven was a leading construction engineer in the former east germany he was known for his cast concrete buildings that featured curved lines and shell like roofs the music pavilion will hold concerts while the lifeguard tower will be used for weddings. many know the bow house today by the old people's founded this movement and a design school called stop by my in one thousand nine hundred nineteen the idea was still experimenting with a new phone. homes and painting graphics photography theater dons and much more later architecture and interior design became more and more important the balls continues to shape creative people even today next to a ball celebrates one hundred two years and there's already
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a new documentary about it called ball hole spirit. the bounce house archive in berlin house is the world's largest collection of materials on the renowned school of architecture and design flaw the building itself was the creation of powerhouse founder of alto copius copious also help to design a large scale housing project in berlin the new documentary shows how it drew on modern construction methods to create apartments for affordable living luke became a stand of all was noir not an alkali the museum and the length of house are two more examples of the bounce house schools influence on berlin's cityscape. townhouse influenced other architects to like look old lucy who designed this apartment building it was originally public housing today the units are condominiums. cozy house on this fifteen years ago look you need your own building still had rental units that were social housing that's part
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of what's so fascinating about look. i wasn't part of the bauhaus school but he was part of that larger movement of the bosses and powers was part of the oven god that flourished after the first world war until the nazis came to power in germany and that isn't version exists now it was a center for many new developments which also helped shape modern architecture modern design social housing and to a lesser extent education. when you go to. many of the ideas we see in our modern cities at least in the northern hemisphere were profoundly influenced by the powerhouse movement of course to the minister and. gun stark practice the new documentary examines a century of bauhaus and the social utopia it sought to create the filmmakers traveled around the world in search of what remains of that vision is it compatible
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with global capitalism and the rise of a new real estate market the film follows a volatile colby. as he founded the powerhouse in the city of weimar in one thousand nine hundred and moved it to death sound six years later. in their guises bow where is the bow how spirit does it still exist today or did it just belong to that group of visionaries of those dreaming. the hundred guns and they had an entirely different starting point for the architecture and design and for the many wonderful objects paintings and models. but they also developed very unusual and amazing teaching methods. the found her sought to blur the lines between arts technology and crafts the vocabulary and language of design this gave rise to is still noticeable to me i'm a dove and it was you just do you fish anyone who's interested in the history of. both as a wreck or to what happened in the past and to something that is still meaningful
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and relevant today will enjoy this film. and come out and from who don't who are. building for the future one hundred years some found homes. well special burdens are also part of our series europe's famous landmarks over this week and next we're featuring the top ten european sides according to instagram and by the way you also find small stories matching our serious on our instagram page now the child speech in prague is more than just a bridge it is the symbol of the czech capital is one of the oldest stone bridges in europe and one of our church some thirty thousand people visit it every day well no wonder the pen around the view of the city from there is really awesome. fifteen bridges span of a town as it flows through proc the oldest is the charles bridge at over five
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hundred meters it's the longest da think bridge in europe it's named after the holy roman emperor charles the fourth who said to have laid the foundation stone in thirteen fifty seven. he's done yet batman runs the charles bridge museum and has also had a few historic river boats restored so sightseers can go aboard to get a view of the bridge from the water. it connects the last straw now or less or quarter below prague castle with the old town. with that in the at the some of the survey recently asked the czechs what historical figure they think is the most important. they answered with king charles the fourth because he built things like the charles bridge. just get out of. the old town bridge tower one served as a victory arch bohemian kings pass through it on their way to their coronations.
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to give out that he couldn't study here holmes see the city's patron is. king charles. and patron saints sigesmund procope use and details. of the beat. every day an estimated thirty thousand people walk across the charles bridge it's a favorite photo backdrop for newlywed couples from as far away as asia and a favorite spot for street artists of every. boat trips on the top are a hit with tourists. baggage busters find an ideal stage here. painters render the bridge and an endless variety of styles business it's a very well because it's air around so. it's lovely
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personally here nice atmosphere i love this bridge. the charles bridge is lined with thirty statues of the apostles angels and theologians but these are copies of the originals are kept safe and sound in the museum the oldest one is unique. that is the statue was the first to stand on the real salt of the church it was called here and sixteen eighty three it depicts st john of nephi and it's the only bronze here saint john is the patron saint of bridges the world over but especially in europe i like him in particular that he protects people who work on the water will help america pull that off you are your body. on a man a strong man's banks the sixteen arches of the charles bridge dominate the view. i like it in morning early in the evening you know people it's
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a good place very calm as you cross the bridge it's like you're taking a step back into time so you're getting the history and you're crossing the river and you just get that feeling of you're in prague and it's beautiful. your viewers who have fallen under the bridges spell have sent us some of their photos. has done yet batman often crosses the ten meter wide bridge himself. just like you know most of them but every day i walk across the bridge to get to work. but it's not just a transit route to me. i'm inspired by it spiritually as well. if you look at it makes me think about history as well as the future of. this gun yet
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batman has made a little history on this bridge as well at his initiative the festival is held every year in may in honor of the bridge and it's patron saint. then the stars shine not only over but on and around the charles bridge. another top european landmark is of course the eiffel tower in paris and you could be the proud owner off and i have a tower as soon however as seen here in the background it's a mini version of the original from france we give it away to the lucky winner of a photo contest just upload a picture that shows you in front of your favorite site more information can you follow websites just go to d.w. dot com lifestyle and good luck the german pianos news flom as a music a maverick he's an awesome piano player who's classically trained but also creates
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cells out of everyday objects such as toilet brushes and draw sometimes it travels to a concert with two tons of equipment is scott a new album out called all melody and it's currently on alert for motoring it. is music is almost like a painting. i put together a landscape of sound of people made out of individual parts in the eyes of the stupid. as you are listening to country hear so much i can't anticipate in the rehearsal room for me to live this alone i hear it with different ideas going for it it's very different when i play it for a thousand people i need people around to make the concert really good song. i.
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his concerts are sold out thank you thought he insists mistake. in spam composes these pieces in one of the studios that used to belong to the phone the east german radio station in berlin his studio is stuffed full of old equipment a testament to years gone by. sometimes he spends the night here it's like a second town. on the laptop and i always lose my overview that i get claustrophobia in that thing using the mouse makes me feel like i can't move or feel anything and i don't have complete freedom with a computer but being able to use this draw to make a sound. that's complete freedom long odds to get the resonance from the words and
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it's not really possible to simulate all that on a computer yet it's unruly and is in longish move. only uses the computer to save his work and control a few instruments he's fascinated with the sounds he can tease out of objects as he experiments with them. some years ago he inserted an extra pedophile's between the hammers and strings in his piano. in the meantime he's become known for this gentle atmospheric sound. as if you live in the highlands that's certainly one of the secrets behind the various details that i incorporates and files as well but mostly it's the fingering and the way my fingers distribute the volume the way i hit a given nodes have been torn do i had the key at. back or at the front. door. to my you might think it doesn't make any difference if but as crazy as it seems
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even each hand sounds different on the piano. man has almost become one with his instruments he's been experimenting with them since he was a boy. i did without a lot of other things i didn't have the money to go out didn't have the brand name clothes a little more know what the hobbies no extras an extra i put everything into my instruments and equipment being a license to can. sometimes his music can sound sponson to minimalistic other times sweeping or even grandiose. organ pipes in the background are another addition to his sound palette. the offboard design the artist now people tell me all the time where one will notice if you do this or that but that's a drastic underestimation and i've never made that mistake instead i tend to
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overestimate what people notice if i put a huge amount of effort and concentration into my work because i know that we do notice all the subtleties even if people can't put what they're hearing into words they can still feel it and still. he spent a year and a half working on his new album titled all melody the result is a layered landscape of sound some critics have called it too lightweight but frank shrugs that off he wants to bridge the gap between electronic dance classical and pop music. i want to explore them out of the human soul through its father's grimaces in a way of sorry. my name is exhaust my music can even begin to do justice to what goes on in the human heart and to mention that would make me very happy and utilises in all three of those you can't do that by following the rules of
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a single genre to deal with people are more than that. good. intense and absorbing music explores the texture. and now it's time again to get creative idea wise series we create a lot of things to brighten up your home in just a few steps and today our expert savvy hands and shows us how dominos can be used for more than just a game. today our so you have to make a lot of. plywood boards this one is forty centimeters by fours you tend to means here. around objects that are useful and sheet metal. twelve dominos in the color of your choice. clock movement sorry ordered one on the international
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. brochure and some paint for a modern mock looks are used a mint green. some sandpaper and a cordless drill and a six minute base. and a hot glue gun. first draw a circle on your plywood board then so i use the circle with the jigsaw smoothed the edges with the sandpaper apply the panes with the brush and also brush the answer edges that the paint dry. measure the hole in the middle of the board and. never put the dominoes in order use a ruler to measure the distances between the pieces sorry left three centimeters between each piece and one and a half centimeters to the outer edge mark the positions of the dominoes with the pencil. the pieces can now be fixed in place with the hospital.
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and finally attach the movement. end of that was a little too fast for you take your time and have a look at our you tube salary dot the new interior design you found that end of a deal is a bear and also some chips. chair and interior design well that's all we have time for today so i hope i'll see you next time i'm so bad by. next time on your own max berlin is the melting pot of cultures and has a vibrant and diverse restaurant scene one of the best places to enjoy specialties from laos this shakedown owner counting uncreated us to a typical ocean dish high a salad. sweet saltine sour and spicy next stop on your own max.
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