six-pack. documentary. welcome to the top of another week here on arts and culture coming to you from berlin and experimentation figures large in today's show with stories like this. smock a major figure of post-war art history in germany built a career on experimenting with light and kinetic art and he's still going strong at 90. and in our series 100 german musri david leavitt's tells us about lost

a 1st novel by hans tyson tackles tragic feigns with a jarring black humor. well we all know the expression necessity is the mother of invention and thanks to the pandemic of multiple lockdowns we've seen this maxim put to work in many ways as we've all had to change everything about the way we need and communicate or arrows soap is an experimental design lab in dusseldorf that makes an art of making communication tangible and while the name may seem odd so is their approach. face must. we have all become familiar with them. to german designers from just off came up with a new version. maybe not the safest option but definitely the funniest. if i am thomas verts from frederick we got

we are are so all. it's big. but. more than a traditional studio arrow soap is an interdisciplinary creative lapore a trait they realized projects at the intersection of art design and science these projects later evolve into branding designs for international companies such as a day. when they are not busy with commissioned works they use that time to experiment with different materials such as slides to discover the different possibilities each material presented by their flight because this line conducts electricity and offers a certain resistance depending on how much slime you have in your hand at any given time i don't we can use this conductivity to transform this data into light and sound.

with these experiments there are no expectation. that you will keep playing with the material in different environments until they are satisfied and can control the outcome. they even try different forms of kinetic installations. and from this it all started with my master's thesis in which i investigated the relationship between type graffiti and materiality especially with a mama tiriel. and with that. parents took their course and this is what came out of it. or. usually they start experimenting on a small scale such as in petri dish and. once they can control the variables they can then take the experiment to a commercial level. the

successful do you have won multiple awards for their creative work and most recently from the federal government as well as the culture and creative pioneers of germany. this is how they greeted the new year in 2020 and experiment with sodium water and then indicator. little did they know that the year was going to be as explosive as the experiment itself. the design has met each other in 2007 here at the university of applied sciences indecl doff they still come here regularly but now as teaches in front of the it definitely gives you new ideas about approaches because you exchange ideas with the students who are also a bit younger than you and you get a bit more of the zite guys from the younger adults and that is very enriching. today the panel has prepared a surprise experiment for us it's

a perfect example of how they use an extra to fix chemistry and technology to design communication strategies for companies. this is an experiment that we already did at the beginning of last year which received pretty good feedback. the experiment has been refined for far not a little bit perfected yes. right our goal is to be able to use different liquids. this is. for example blood or gold and liquids. let's see the results. very nice indeed well back in the late 1950 s. in doesn't doff when west germany 1st chancellor i don't know where had campaign posters made with the slogan no experiments

a certain young hines took offense at that conservative sentiment and so he took a can of paint and he blackened out the no on every poster that he could find on the prank earned him a night in jail but the attitude stuck with him and made him a pioneer of the avodart arts scene in germany. light is a defining element in heinz marx work each day he works in his light filled studio he places paints alongside each other blends them mixes them together. and looks to see how the light makes the colors glow. since the 1960 s. mark has lived on this former farm from the 16th century surrounded by plenty of greenery and his own sculptures. finds mark turned 90 years old last month. i get up at the same time every day and i don't need an alarm clock i have an inner clock that has set itself then after breakfast i go into my workshop where i studio

usually for about 3 hours until lunch since the age of $85.00 allowed myself a 20 minute nap after lunch we had nothing then i go back to the workshop. that routine has resulted in a wide ranging body of work. dedicated in the exhibition to the sculptor and painter in honor of his 90th birthday it focuses on his early works. starting in the 1950 s. mark was repeatedly drawn to working in the desert he sought a space outside of institutions borderless and empty he built artificial gardens of metal and light in the sand. and so that he would fit in with his works he had a silver suit made for himself an astronaut in the desert it's a hard project was basically land before that term was invented. by noticing

that the works i created here responded to the light in the space of the day or like instruments and they did so in a fascinating way. with everything that seemed large to me here seem small there and depending on the light up as it happened small things appear to be normal as you did. thanks mark was one of the founders of the 0 artists group which also included auto. both men wanted to revolutionize art. starting from 0 the goal was art for all fantastical daring and playful it especially appealed to young people. who didn't move if you have the courage just get everything you've learned and start fresh and then you might have a chance to really discover something new. so experimenting was essential for me experimental. max

experiments with mirrors metal light and engines have gone down in art history. my life was dominated by the present day and of course i also have a strong tendency to look ahead or to the left or the right one of action but looking back is not my thing it's that simple it's the big. ones mark hopes to live to at least 100 years old and he has no intention of retiring from making art. well sunday saw the academy of country music awards streaming live from nashville tennessee. bro i am and luke bryan scoops the coveted entertainer of the year award for the 3rd time in the 44 year old singer wasn't able to attend the ceremony after revealing last week that he had tested positive for the corona virus but it was still over the moon and

here's a listen to his signature sound. a claimed 1st novel lost features a child narrator who struggles with the shadow of an older sibling he has long believed to be dead well it's hard to imagine this has the makings of a star play funny story but it's the cynical child's perspective and a kafka esque twist that take this novel in unexpected directions it's the worst situation you're. possibly imagine you're fleeing a war you're surrounded by enemy soldiers and you've got your baby in your arms what do you do to give your child away to strangers in the last months of world war 2 that was a common occurrence as the red army advanced german women and children fled eastern europe almost 300000 of those children who were separated from their parents most

were reunited. but that's not what happens in lost by hundreds of these ties you know it takes place years after the war is over the family in the book has made a new life in west germany where the economy is booming but they're still haunted by the trauma of losing their 1st born son. the author's own family really did lose a child during the war for tycho lost is an attempted self healing it's written from the point of view of the younger son whose own childhood is lost to a hopeless search for his missing brother i was only just beginning to understand that arnold my dead brother had the leading role in the family and had assigned me a supporting part i also understood that arnold was responsible from the very beginning for my growing up in an atmosphere poisoned with guilt and shame.

over the years the family's fortunes improve the father makes it from a butcher to a wholesaler but nothing happens the pain of losing their 1st child sounds like a pretty depressing story what makes it readable is tyson's witticism which he doles out with plenty of biting humor. and finally tim curry is best known for his portrayal of the mad scientist transvestite dr frank n. furter in the cult film the rocky horror picture show all the british actor and singer has been i would have the limelight since suffering a stroke in 2012 but for his 75th birthday on monday april 19th will leave you with a glimpse of his heyday and wish him many happy returns and from us. just. sexual.

but. strictly for the 1st. place. i could show you my favorite obsession of making a mess. of the least good for relieving the. transition to a serious journalist 1st. they want to know what makes the devil. just the germ the love i'm batting the way. i'm living outdoors my own caught up and everyone was laid a holes in every step getting you ready to meet the germans then join the race just do it under you. and you your me no yes yes we don't need you and how last year's

german sausage i will bring you i'm going to man call and you've never caught her surprise yourself with what was supposed to is magical really what moves her and want. to talk to people who follows her along the way admirers and critics alike now as the world's most powerful woman shaping her legacy joining us from eccles law stops in. the for. shift special how digital moments are trading in the office for the beach. nina bushman teaches english and jasmine. she wets on 9 from wherever she happens to be at the moment she and her son nicholai a touring greece. this is my office. i can set it up wherever i am today i'm at this gorgeous place and i can't imagine anything better and better than wash day

after day business studies jenny and christian irrationally found good jobs with a steel company and a family see typical. but 3 years ago they threw in the towel and began and going live the head with a travel blog now their own grand canaria. from the 1st day of my job training i realized that i needed to be my own boss and that what i was doing there wasn't me because wearing a suit and tie was never my thing but one thing for my best team around me has gone into business for himself as an online entrepreneur for 5 years he's traveled the well his favorite protocol is thailand after a botched me surgery forced him to give up his hotel job he suffered a crisis. i think that happens quite often that's off the motivator or the real triggers tell you what about whether emotional or physical you can just keep on going on and that drives you to change things and drive across and not here in the

thai capital bangkok the german entrepreneur has rented an apartment but bastion probably won't stay long he is a digital nomad most of his business is conducted online so he can work from pretty much anywhere in the wild like millions of others. and some of you thought at home on social media especially in platforms like instagram digital moments are often depicted with those classical cocktail at the beach pics and look at my life it's a resistance and of course or that's not the case. and i'm delighted with everything else in life you have to work hard for it the 1st 3 years i worked like meant 12 to 14 hours a day but you know what you're doing it for and that's the point no one else is making you do it if you're pursuing your own goals and we are often i see it in our lives in 2050 he started traveling the. hitting 30 countries in 3 years at 1st he traded goods on procurement platforms these days he earns his living mainly

by giving n one courses about how to work from anywhere. i understand brahmi show you a business model that lets me live and work all over the world because for me his latest business venture leasing apartments and homes in asia vanishing them and renting them out to travelers over internet platforms. never lives in one place for more than a few weeks at a time once a year he visits his parents in germany here he is on its way to the north of thailand to my and meeting place where there is a toll nomads like himself. on grand canaria jetty and christian you're ashok have rented a house for 5 weeks. the 30 somethings are reporting on travel in the corona virus pandemic for their blog. and when we have time off i want to jump in the pool we do

that when we want to work we do that too so we do the things we so toto. for us that's what freedom means. a good over the last 3 years jennie and christian have lived and worked tech los to 30 different locations and they travel blog they post tips for popular travel destinations around the world they make money primarily through ads. for the certainly health of the culture. but they instead always go smoothly in 2017 the bad barely survived after their scooter collided with a car in thailand after undergoing several operations that they were transported back to germany and spent 8 weeks in rehab christians for it will probably never be like it used to 13 months after the accident the couple returned to thailand. well return to old lives pretty fast simply because it was one that we wanted to

return to. since the accident and the birth of the son louis the nomadic existence has changed somewhat the baby needs regular checkups and vaccinations and christian also nice to see his doctor regularly these days most of their travel destinations are in europe and that way they can quickly return to germany where they legally reside and pay taxes there digital the months the boundaries between work free time and family life are fluid the restaurant by the beach becomes their office jenny produces their reports while christian takes care of the bookkeeping and marketing the more clicks their travel blog gets the move revenue they make from the ads on their website. we usually have the t.v. 3 hours from a restaurant or a café generally we're most productive at home 1st more peaceful. what was.

i. not half an hour and increase needed bushman and her son nicholas i have spent the night in that camp of and. during work hours. but more packed everything up and move on and by nina's work day is starting if the technology plays along ok i have an antenna that improves reception a bit so 98 percent of the time the internet connection works up the phone it will see it a moment if it's strong enough. stock in august nina currently has 15 students around the world over her website a bit private lessons for 40 euros per session on pay online after the more good morning how are you. absolutely they have until after the 94 hours a day on average. every day is a window to another well my students are elsewhere they're from another culture and

have other topics other interests so it's never dull that's a much fun mechanize dr who half a year ago nina bushman can only travel during the school holidays so she's considering teaching him herself in the future. when they travel mother and son rarely spend more than one night in the same place. nina bushman likes to seek out spots she's never been to before. like almost every life this one isn't perfect it's tiring and cause every day you have to think he'd want to my caring but i'm not going to die organize my life so this freedom requires a lot of effort i thought is that simple i like it this way and i wouldn't change a thing a soul but it's certainly not for every one of us. needed bushman has been travelling the world for 7 years in that time she's visited over 100 countries.

after her son nicholas i was born she simply carried on when he was 13 months old she flew with him to me and maya and they've been on the road together ever since vic to escape so this to me it's important to be happy but also to know that things are working for those around me my son who's now 7 he still pretty much does what i tell him to do it is important for him to have fun too that he shouldn't be forced to live my life just because i want it that way mind leaving something in what he doesn't like to pass him by rami has a new project. he's rented this building and plans to turn it into a meeting place for digital demands of goods in future they should be able to live and. but together here many digital rants and the living by creating websites doing online advertising writing text those logs only

a few have suffered big losses due to cope it now has been living in thailand for several months this job and i think in the future more people are likely to go the route of becoming digital because many have seen that the secure job isn't so secure after all especially my. hotel and tourism where so many have lost their jobs most or really getting struck still besides up their wages at the high school come here young travellers of all nationalities can live and work together for a while that's timber army hopes that a sense of community will develop because digital nomads often feel isolated. from doubts people fairly fast but always in the superficial level hopefully that will change with the folks here that's something which could develop possibly more intense real friendships this off points off them she makes the 2 limits bastion takes advantage of the benefits of globalization his visit to thailand is valid for

a ged and the cost of living is lower here than in germany our records and what i thought i thought when i. asked him by romney has an international health insurance plan and register his business in canada where he only pays little tax. he invests much of his and ends in stocks cryptocurrency and real estate. jenny in christian year russia can also live from that were in fact they and more from the travel log than they did with their own jobs in germany. the coronavirus pandemic has slashed their income by 80 percent so now they need to find another way to generate some. ash. up there i'd rather with the way your ball go i've read slower working on an i phone course to teach people

a bit more about i phone to talk of free and we think it's pretty promising because american models have worked well so. even if things are tough right now the couple has no plans to give up their lifestyle they intend to keep travelling where they're not birds in tow in recent years they've learned to deal with new situations and take advantage of opportunities they might not even have recognized before. the new best friend has found another campsite with a view. every day is full of holiday moments and new adventures. books also means is to me you know what luxury is precisely what i have here is simply being free being created decide where i want to be when i want to be there and for how long. how long hostage to give the.

past in brown is pneumatic life is also no longer just about money now he can on occasion afford to take a few days off and get away from until. he started to learn tie and to meditate. and he wants to explore life beyond the digital wealth. somebody might mistakenly out's just living life has taught me the value of thinking outside the box interest trying things out. and that we should simply enjoy the short time we have of this planet the musical. the law.

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