british figurative sculptor jethro crabb has a new commission can you guess who it is. di dio biscoe is a well known photojournalist here in germany who has documented many significant world events in a long and distinguished career but he says he has never experienced anything like the current corona pandemic so for the last year he's traveled up and down this country documenting different aspects of the pandemic in a photo diary which he posts on instagram. snapshots of a nation behind the mask people keeping their distance people who are unsettled and learning to adapt germany under the coronavirus from a variance of bellin from hamburg to saxony in a photo diary that began on march 15th 2020. 5 never seen anything like it

i photographed difficult situations in russia in yugoslavia but i've never seen anything like this in germany. this is daniel biskup the renowned photographer has been on the road for almost a year posting a new picture on instagram every day at the start join the 1st lockdown there were scenes such as this cheerful cashier in. a thank you to doctors and nurses. masks being sold on the streets and school classes move to the gym. much from town all of a sudden nothing works anymore i can take pictures but people who play music they can only post on twitter or live stream but i don't think that's very satisfying. when summer came things changed again with more or less distancing being observed a new normal. punk band we drink and keyboard

a measure encountered by chance on the road in eastern germany increasingly photographs frustrated angry people protests and conspiracy theories abound. the voters as a rule they're just there. observing closely and listening is biskup secret the photographer makes visible the devastating impact of the invisible virus it creates closeness even when distance is the top priority. january 13th 2021 is day 299 biscuit shoot at the current story i'm in mind a difficult moment even for the season for talk of hundreds of coffins piled up furnace is operating at the limit staff working around the clock in free shifts the town in saxony has become a covert 9 hotspot despite the titan tristrem actions. this is

a great tragedy hundreds of people who died here in the last few days. seeing for the last journey into. daniel biscuit keeps working but how much longer is it hyper really that we know day 1000 corona get lost no one will miss you the message on a shuttered cinema but when will that day come. indeed normally this city berlin is fully were full. sorry. sorry sorry. ok yeah it's. normally sorry indeed normally this city berlin is full of hollywood stars right now for the bell in the berlin film festival the festival is perspire and at the moment but the man who ran it for nearly 2 decades to to cause lake has written

a book about his experiences because it made it the world's biggest public festival for film goes but also brought the hollywood stars here in abundance making the $1000000000.00 truly international we met up with him to talk about the book but also about the future of cinema and its chances of survival in this age of streaming and social media. we met up with dita caustic at berlin's famous super last cinema a decade it was one of the burden on its favorite premier venues now it's in and in for slum but due to the pandemic since the festival director bowed out in 2019 he's had time to write his memoirs since this is now a world for me i've never had this book in my hand before you brought the 1st copy and this is also the barely known in the past. due to a costly it was a familiar figure in his trademark red scarf and black hat welcoming movie and

showbiz legends to the red carpet for almost 2 decades his entertaining book explains how he lured the rolling stones to berlin with the film shine a light how he won meryl streep cash jury president and managed to present superstar shah rukh khan to adoring fans today he's thinking about the future of cinema. is 1st thing is that we see cinema it's now fulfilling its social function as a meeting place quite differently again due to the dawn of the streaming age you have to get preschool kids to physically go to the cinema once a week on a regular basis so that these kids the next generation get used to seeing a movie on the big screen with other people in a space that we call a cinema and. caustic wants to make cinema attractive to young people that even

includes ecological alternatives to popcorn. film production he says also needs to become more climate friendly with measures like sustainable catering using recyclables and less travel not sustainability doesn't just mean using recyclable coffee cups sustainable. he is also about something quite concrete there are 17 u.n. goals which include justice and education. as festival director cosmic embraced education as a mission at the berkeley known a talent campus young filmmakers from around the world exchange ideas with seasoned professionals under his direction the festival also addressed global issues and challenges such as human rights political oppression climate change and migration the festival was political in line with his thinking that films can change the

world. because i witnessed this for myself it was the golden bear for asthma secret that was the film about srebrenica in bosnia the siege of sarajevo and the mass rapes that followed it i remember when yasmin spinal she was on stage she said this bear will help us to track down the 2 war criminals kara chits and milan teach and they were found and the abused women were recognized as victims. during his 1st full 10 year marriage the tricky balancing act of presenting both art house cinema and entertainment now despite the twin threats of the coronavirus pandemic and screaming to caustic is sure that cinema will survive. incidentally the festival has been split into this year due to the pandemic the

awards will form part of the industry event from march the 1st the 5th and has just been announced the main public festival is now planned for june the 9th to the 20th . british artist jethro crabb specializes in making detailed wax representation of famous people sometimes as realistic and true to life as possible but sometimes . as abusing caricature each figure can take months from start to finish and crabbe says it all starts with getting the shape of the head right before he can begin to form the features most recently he's been commissioned to do the new man in the white house. high ranking politician role in scope subjects for crop studio the sorry hills area of southeast inc. the new u.s. president joe biden is being modeled for a feature wax figure in the presence of former british prime minister winston churchill whose likeness is also in the world as. the figure was commissioned by

the national presidential wax museum in the us state of south dakota jethro crop has been working on the clay model for 4 weeks but it will take another 3 or 4 months before it becomes a finished watchword. crap studied sculpture and began his career at madame tussaud . for the legendary london watch museum he fashioned lifelike sculptures of many famous people. such as former beatle paul mccartney actress fan bing bing and composer live event beethoven. or interests may. sculpt as that everyone is completely individual and capturing what it is about someone that makes them. accountable western medicines have experience. jethro crop mainly works using photos of the people in sculpting it's rare that he

works with large models he focuses more on physical characteristics than personality traits. once he's completed his crime model his team helps with the next step. first they make a silicon moat strengthen the fiber glass for the head it's a special wax mixture is poured into the silica mold. the hair is inserted strand by strand several layers of oil paint creates an authentic skin tone like here for us talk show host oprah winfrey. show off the years and went into business for himself making caricature as of figures like french president emanuel mccrum entrepreneur must and members of the british royal family created for the satirical show spitting image. i'm just going to stay. away from. the look of that i'm full of talking about walking. jethro cram things joe biden

is characterized by his dazzling white teeth and eye symmetrical smile which gives his face a slightly longer side appearance but is that enough for a good caricature of a router a caricature sculpture of biden i warming his head as i was sort of. possibilities and that. news from the music world now and shock rocker marilyn manson has been dropped by his record label after allegations of abuse by a former girlfriend evan rachel wood she dated manson from 2007 when she was just 19 years old and they were briefing gaijin 2010 on monday she posted on instagram that he groomed her as a teenager and abused her for years since that instagram post at least 4 other women of share their own allegations against manson accusing him of sexual assault

and psychological abuse manson known for his controversial stage shows has denied the allegations saying quote the claims are horrible distortions of reality. and you can keep up to date with more culture news on our website at the w dot com slash culture also check out our you tube channels books and d.-w. classical music so for this edition of arts and culture. i.

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