now live safely in germany. and this might look like great graphic patents but these are photos of tiny incense magnified thousands of times. but we begin with what's happening in the cultural world regarding the coronavirus the short answer to that is very little as events that require audiences are being canceled as i speak governments around the world are restricting gatherings of lots of people which of course course means most popular artistic events cannot take place but there are intriguing ways of safely playing to your audience as one british pop singer did in have. it was a surreal situation and a 1st for purchasing change. playing a major show and auditoriums. gave

it his all saying later he could feel the fans watching. at least the events went ahead. on friday the so-called familiar silicone became the latest cultural destination to close its stores construction work has also been halted but really just services will go ahead. in the u.s. the krona crisis has reached this new land is not just disney fans and workers directly employed in the entertainment industry who are affected. more. work. just like you work in a hotel. in new york broadway shows have been hit on thursday public gatherings of over 500

people and in the states. it is weird because this morning the train was like m. c. that never had everything down it feels like you know the people have nothing to really look forward to so you don't want to have the city's totally shut down because then you know what do the people have power we still they still have james blunt's playing to 2100 shares. at home. stream concert could be a model for the weeks to come. here to tell us more about this is my colleague kennedy. we have the technology the deed blunt's called the only bomb that took place many artists who are unable to perform in public at the moment are keen to reach out to their fans at home possibly

isolated by social distancing measures italian rock singer had no need played a virtual concert against what's called corona loneliness on instagram and it's really of course cultural life has come to a complete standstill to the corona virus outbreak and here in berlin concert pianist igor leavitt who was a guest here just a few weeks ago as also lifestream the 1st of what he calls his daily social media house concerts this video is being seen by 200000 people never has said that it is sad and necessary to stop public concerts but he wants to keep sharing music and keep in touch with his fans as we heard him in your report many artists of people working in industry are suffering financial hardship we should say here in germany the government has promised support artists how it's going to actually take shape.

good news of the movie from. probably has taken place after a number of high profile postponements 1st and foremost of course the new james bond movie. somewhat unexpectedly perhaps the moulin did launch in london yesterday o.b. it with a scaled down european premiere at london's leicester square it was no media line up all red carpet guests had to pass through a hand sanitation station before entering a was a photo call this took place indoors moulin with its chinese heroin and or asian cast was tailored for the chinese market cinemas in china the 2nd largest cinema market remain closed i'm sure going to be talking all this lot more aged kind of the for that thanks very much. asas all over

the world who put their lawyers on the line and fights against injustice with words videos and images. is an iraqi who fought against isis in the middle of occupied mosul and 2016 not with weapons but with all and it almost cost him his life now thanks to a scholarship from the writers' association pen he is safe and living in the city of weimar which has always been a home for creative spirits. this café in central weimar east in germany has become something of a home from home for. the iraqi poet musician and filmmaker hasn't seen his family and friends in mosul for 4 years. before he left he spent 2 years in hiding from the i asked which team does what incompatible with islamic law. but in my hometown. i think the situation was a bit like more complicated so it wasn't that comfortable to go to work outside or

. just things especially going when i was there and. he still in touch with his friends back home and follows the new instrument closely from social media he knows that the iraqi protests begun by civil activists in october 29th seen have cost some 500 lying. to my professor not to talk about his private life his family is still in iraq. before he fled the country and 2016 had studied english and what as a teacher his creative work tackled the values of i asked and the devastation being wreaked on his city. including a short film called a prisoner from mosul. it

was despite the risks he continued publishing poems and performing and uploading videos to you tube and facebook. often spending time in poland. is now a fellow of the pen program writers in exile and the association weimar city of refuge. it's organized by vies has a local sculptor and graphic artist mosul was liberated in 2017 but still can't go back the situation remains too dangerous. the problem that we always suffer in iraq that there is a government that maybe they represent some of the. people in iraq but there is also a huge number of people this government doesn't like they do that they don't represent those people and those people they want to change the government but they don't have the power to. vita sacks is a member of the international cities of refuge network founded in 1993 in response

to the iranian facts against rightist soundman rushdie it office persecuted also has a safe haven. rights as visual artists musicians they can exert influence but that's why they're often the 1st to be persecuted by the powers that be where the state powers all religious fundamentalist forces that's the problem that's why we have this program we take it very seriously well if you're going to live. here environment tomorrow i'm done nasa is making new friends and building up new cross cultural networks he's not just here to buy his time until he can go home he wants to share his past experiences and see what he can learn from the ones. who are. now insects like you've never seen before as works of art 22 year old

young rosenblum is actually a chemistry student while look here insects under a microscope he got the idea to take photos of them to show what extraordinary models of nature they are and they need his images reveal the hidden beauty of creepy crawlies. giant eyes hair and teeth. features that might seem repulsive to sun are actually fascinating when observed under a microscope. these photos. after an unusual perspective on a common bugs that are all around us but are often overlooked. microscopic photography is young. a selection of his images is on display at the zoo in the northeastern german city of boston.

someone. than if you see a wasp or a flyer that might almost past you any day in summer and you see the textures and then credibly exciting stories behind. biological ones to strangers. and you realize how beautiful and sometimes monstrous everyday insects can be when you enlarge them to 2 are 2 meters of earth by meter. the images are made up of hundreds if not thousands of individual photos the results are fascinating. in 2019 this photo of a male mosquito came in 4th in an international photography competition beyond those in berlin had already submitted photos in past years he was thrilled to make the top 5.

as far. as that was incredible. i never really would have expected to make it this far especially because i work with the simplest tools and relatively improvised equipment elective that i'm competing with people from top international universities who work with very expensive microscopes and are professionals on a scale. does the depth of supporters and. back of the exhibition yarn holes and bomb hopes the photos will help visitors to see insects differently so it is fun for a biologist is it. he asked yon to exhibit his photos here despite the fact that insects aren't usually the kind of creatures that draw visitors to the zoo. is into. the symbolism at the zoo were always about the big animals but 3 people love to see the polar bears but the great apes are always popular of course mention of and we've also got smaller animals but

a detailed view into the heart of this whole microcosm is still hidden from many people still hold to funeral for boring young has made it his mission to show people the hidden beauty of banks and reveal a world that can normally only be seen through the lens a microscope. it's just proof that the greatest artists of all is nature itself mawson culture stories on the web site at the w dot com slash cultural after all from the up off. the

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