drones have become really popular in the last 10 years due to technological advances which meant they were easier to control and at the same time federal aviation authorities began to give out commercial licenses soon you could be getting your post and certainly your possibles delivered by drone however an exhibition zeppelin museum in frederick solvent in southern germany shows that drones in some form or a been around for centuries. the 1st drone in history launched a frenchman into the sky in 1783 after landing in paris the hot air balloon was attacked by angry farmers. they had no information whatsoever about this experimental voyage they thought the hot air balloon was some sort of or something mysterious in any case something so the frenchman and his heart. to be dangerous and the balloon was destroyed nearly half

a century later the 1st air raid to austrian forces besieged venice in 849. was triggered by the length of the fuse but also dependent on variables such as the wind pretty vanda but one bomb did reach its target so this was not only the 1st air raid in military history but also if you like the 1st combat mission of an unmanned drone. this short film highlights the difficult experience of today's combat drone pilots. feel i mean. i can tell you what type shoes are worth. from a mall where. i can tell you what type of person you wear like that appear. to work you see a lot of. people. with a terrible contrast. they go from their homes to an office somewhere sit down at

the company operate a drone and if they received the other day and they shoot and at the end of the day . and a lot of people look like help from the p.t.s.d. if you were actively in a war zone while technically speaking every single day i was active in a war zone i mean i may not have been personally horrible those directly affected people's lives over there every single day. drones are only present today as a means of surveillance but also in political resistance for the saami people fighting for their traditional nomadic way of life the drug is like a helpful spirit from the mythical world. documents the destruction of nature by dams power lines and mining. drones help to frame the protest by providing compelling images. that.

the media has also fallen in love with the bird's eye facts of. the world can be so beautiful when seen from above. that drugs can also reveal the fragility of night shot for example here in bavaria where land is being eaten up by car production. it is also responding to the drug the 1st and she drone collection the specially fitted. can deceive thermal imaging cameras used to spy drones and artistic protest against total surveillance this silhouettes of a u.s. war drone sends a clear message beware of drones but the actual drones are kilometers up in the sky

where they come piecing. media artist raphael up plays in her work with the male gaze on women through the lens of plastic grown up all these toys. and it seems like a dance between man and woman but on the other hand it also looks a bit like bullfighting it's threatening moving in. the space between attack and defense this is to area this with functions and it is i'll buy it. for the 1st time and museum gets to grips with the way drones are radically changing many areas of life it's fascinating and scary. for now we still have the control. now resident but one david leavitt's is take us through german literary classics in our continuing series 100 german must reads today

a novel published just 5 years ago in english called why we took the car by volved hand-off 2 teenagers from very different backgrounds were just disenchanted with life take a road trip and eventually find out the world is pretty cool after all. if you were really my friend would you help me still a car. and . want to know what real friendship is breed why we took the car by bus can hand off it's about an unlikely pair of 14 year olds mike as a rich coward who feels like a loser and chick is a drunk russian immigrant who's got nothing to say. it's the story of their getaway in a stolen car think mark twain but in 21st century eastern germany they decide to

drive to remain but they end up in the middle of nowhere on the way they meet a bunch of weirdos and they learn that life isn't as bad as everyone says it is ever since i was a little boy my father had told me that the world was a bad place and maybe it was true maybe 99 percent of people were bad but the strange thing was that on this trip chicken i had run into almost only people from the one percent who weren't bad. why we took the car is not a book for woodson's but if you're up for the adventure it may restore your faith in humanity now if you were really my friend you'd read more books like this one. but she. tells the story of a rather cold princess in china looking for a husband but potential suitors who don't make the grade her writes accuses now in traditional chinese opera acrobatics some. old and a new production into

a. festival just south of munich combines western and eastern operatic stahl's even recruited a martial arts expert to train the cost of. italian opera meets try. nice martial arts unusual but fitting just come up with cheney's story of turin dot a princess living in china reimagined. miscarriage taught the choreography to over a 100 singers. jack chong chan won several international conflict titles including the world championship born in hong kong she wanted to become stronger through martial art from an early age. so if you can feel has helped me a lot not just my health but also my concentration. and it has

a culture of its own to. this being it's a good sport and has given me a lot of feel when called well done its worst and that's why i just want to share it with other people. and so i take joy in that as book as well as. this is our 1st time working on an opera modifying the confluence of sizes to match the music was hard work. the music is the most important part of the opera and i had to study it 1st in order to use suitable movements. singing is very important i need to plan in such a way that they can sing and also via the flea and shown to be. the singers had one month for the training baritone markers nieminen really enjoyed the rest her sorts. it was all. such long

choreographed scenes are quite rare and it's quite a challenge and this is what i think it will turn out to be very nice. yet concerning. the performances part of the emailing fast of all and but varia it's been taking. claims every summer since 1997 this year singers from 30 different countries are taking part. in the you know the was. the artistic director came up with the idea of combining the pro tour and darts with kung fu this piece is especially close to his heart to. ringback ringback be shocking because you have a great affinity towards china also i've traveled there many times and i've seen quite a lot of them come after him and when i stated

a beautiful shaolin monastery for 2 whole days it was unbelievable i was excited watching those people and what they do see their mom. anton chan hopes that elements from other cultures like confluence will be incorporated into classical opera more often. into nice. call for. chinese opera kung fu is a very important element. in western up or it's still quite new and to me it's really interesting to be a part of all this. over $20000.00 opera fans attend the festival every year. in brilliant i'm very impressed by it you know that one woman with the sword i really liked her i can't see that well any more help she but what i could see was very impressive because you know really a great story of. her and art with conflict or unique

exchange between western and chinese culture. i. that set foot today we leave you with a clip from a buzz one of the new german films winning prizes the band's festivals. and it's about a pin is to seclude spot the talent of. it's directed by gaston's 1st movie a coffee then it's. under some sense here that someone tells you. step. this is screwed. up in account one yet. this is to move that this crew stores.

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