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tv   Close up  Deutsche Welle  July 23, 2019 12:30pm-1:01pm CEST

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their skill set includes cussing limes pouring sugar crushing ice and mixing it all up into a cocktail. patrons can order the drink of their choice from a touchscreen menu so far there are 16 on offer but the plan is to add dozens more to the menu. but kind of mechanically mixed cocktail compared to one shaken with human flair i love it love it i'll never say anything like a lawyer. but didn't even know there was a thing. that's amazing. that's a truly good. while the mechanical bartenders makes the drinks down stairs up stairs a robot d.j. pumps that to choose leaving humans partying their way to redundant say. that's it for me and the business team in berlin for more business news i'm back on
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from berlin and a warm welcome to our arts and culture news and before we get dazzled by some cutting edge of light art here's what else is coming up. in our continuing series 100 german must reads a personal account of the wrong realities of trench warfare in world war one. our new series underground europe explores what's going on below the surface of the continents many must see locations this time in poland. and some exciting news in film as the latest from marvel studios adventurers and it has become the highest grossing film of all time. oh yes sociate light with bright ideas and at the world's 1st museum dedicated entirely to light art there are certainly plenty of those housed deep in the belly of a former brewery in western germany the center for international light art opened in
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2001 in addition to its permanent collection it's currently showing the finalists for the 3rd international light art award with some brilliant explorations of the material that of course isn't quite tense of will. a museum in the german provinces. talks on display this work going japanese artist yes your hero is one of 3 nominees for the international award 2019. a white surface in the middle a kind of visual interference the artist who wrote and yes sure nick explore physical phenomena with light. with light water and mirrors. aims to create an infinite space in installation. 3 examples of light sought in an exhibition of this year's award finalists at the
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center for international law i taught a jewel hidden away in the small town of. since 2015 join us from the netherlands has been in charge. director of a museum dedicated solely to lights and our endless fascination with it. i always say that lights are can quickly have a wow effect from people who have never been to a museum before when they see lights they find it attractive i always say light attracts more and people. in switzerland gary hofstetter is pushing the boundaries of the form here so limited the young for. industrial buildings. pyramids. and even icebergs are not safe from him but is this still arts. of yours have to be curfew
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would like is it like talk or is it kitsch it just has to cross a few boundaries and it becomes kid should pitch in the focus is on the renowned artists in the permanent exhibition toting turns dance of death by christian ski refers to a cemetery behind this wall. space beach speed is a common by mission. on communications in. insanity. for the reflective corridor is reminiscent of water for. the works of the danish icelandic star often have a social component here as exemplified by his charity project my little son i'm communities by smith same with example it. was project manager sandra asked attention to a limited access to light in poor regions where people have no access to light
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after dusk and can't therefore continue with normal daily activities. to goof off. palace him curates lights art she's also a member of the international light auto board jury why does she think people find so attractive man can and you can't survive without light light art is often participator e that you can sum or participate that you become part of the art of the work of art and this makes it even more exciting for visitors. but it isn't simply a waste of energy in times of climate change. that's is hard to do this is of course a topic today with writers for future and other movements around. not too late and often light can also draw on these themes and highlight the global problems.
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so what will light look like in the future this is a big part of what the international like knowledge award is about 1st prize goes to jacqueline han she's almost 30 and studied interior design with like times she aims to put the viewer in a state of between space and dream conscious thought i deserved trying is for one of the new generation of female i talk to breaking into what has traditionally been . of a boys' club. well next up we concentrate solely on those boys because it was they who went off to war in 1914 amazingly jubilant on both sides and certain to make quick work of the enemy but the harsh reality that followed in the trenches of belgium and france cost millions their lives dispelling all or most notions of heroics on the german side and you're
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not stuck it out in the trenches and lived to tell a compelling and brutal tale when world war one broke out people here in germany cheering in the streets today we'd say what are you stupid but back then that was completely normal. storm of steel as else during those autobiographical novel about the frontlines of world war one you're not wasn't just an author he was a german officer who survived bullets including one to bitch and you thought writing books was just a job for wimps. you guys descriptions of killing and almost getting killed are so realistic you won't be able to stand it but you won't be able to put it down either one second his comrade's guts are spilling out then another officer gets the back of his skull board. you're going to generation went to war fervent to serve the
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father lands and his thirst for battle is by today's standards disturbing but even he recognizes injustice when he sees it especially when it affects civilians the villages we passed through on our way had to look a vast and lunatic asylums whole companies were sets and knocking or pulling down walls or sitting on rooftops uprooting the tiles every village was reduced to rubble every tree chopped down every road undermined every well poisoned every basement blown up or booby traps every rail and screwed every telephone wire rolled up everything burnable burned in a word we were turning the country that are advancing opponents would occupy into a wasteland. some see the storm of steel as an anti war novel but the nazis worshiped as a hero as an invincible fighter for the fatherland who kept getting shot and wouldn't die. hitler himself tried to be buddies with you but wasn't having it
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today we wouldn't call you're not a hero but he was a keen observer who describes landscapes with the same person as he does guts and gore if you want to understand what it was like to be a soldier in a world war one this book is required reading. another one for your summer reading list if you have the stomach for it well we all know that europe is chock full of interesting sites to visit and that's just what's on the surface so this week we'll take a look at all the great stuff that's looking below in our series and titled underground europe and who knew that something like table salt could have such a fascinating spinoff effect we looked into its legacy in neighboring poland. we've come to the former feel each has salt mine for 7 centuries table salt was mined here today it's a unesco world heritage site with around $1000000.00 tourists every year there are
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2 ways to descend into this underworld you can take the stairs. or if you're in a hurry there's the elevator. the mines 9 levels live between 64 meters and 135 meters below the surface more than 2000 chambers were created by the mining process now you'll find fascinating items such as sculptures made of rock salt carved by the miners. after walking around for an hour through the tunnels and chambers visitors will come upon the mines greatest attraction the chapel of st king up built around 895110 meters below the surface usually 3 full mine is the idea every year because of different knocks. dence so mine is $1.00 to $2.00 have places to
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pray that's why they come off chapels and that's why in chapels they call for religious figures. during their tour this choir was inspired to say. the chapel has become famous for its acoustics and for its many details such as chandelier made of rock salt. visitors can also experience how it might have felt to work in a salt mine by taking a different tour. going on the authentic miner's route requires professional equipment and some physical strength is needed to extract the rock salt. but it's not just tourists who come to the bill each assault much of below ground health resort promises relief for people who suffer from chronic respiratory illnesses such as asthma or certain allergies the clinic 135 meters underground is
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a unique location offering an especially beneficial microclimate. it is that high relative humidity stable constant temperature and high concentration of nuts from fluoride into. the air is free for any pull up and so we talk. about it on the surface and from other objects like poland and other parts small parties. and anyone who hasn't had enough after a 3 hour tour can even sleep here overnight stays are the latest attraction and belichick. well that's all for today but before we go fans of marvel cinematic universe did a double pump after the news that as vendors and game had finally surpassed james cameron's avatar the highest grossing film of all time the fore. adventurer's hit
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which came out back in april completes a 22 movie arc that marvel started way back in 2008 and so will leave you with some scenes of its all star cast ready to do whatever it takes to try and until next time a school to trust it at the. plate oldest slate everyone is not a strong truck. driver texts. texts. takes. whatever takes.
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