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artist behind these optical illusions to discover how he creates them. everybody, welcome to another edition of your own max with me, your house. megan lee. here's a look at what else we've got coming up on the show. d, they'll be a reporter. rachel stuart explores the germans love of hiking and we meet some chickens who really know how to struggle their stuff and become models. and but we start off with a story that sounds like a fairy tale. a teenager from a small town on her way to start him. 14 year old singer sarah james comes from poland, but she decided to take her chances, an audition, for one of the world's biggest talent chose america's got talent. what has followed has been a whirlwind of attention and excitement. we met up with her to hear about her musical journey so far. even at such

a young age. oh, oh. oh oh, oh my god. i never sarah james m 14 years old and i will love music. i really do. so i, sarah james of poland is living the dream, shared by many young female singers all over the world. she made a name for herself with her virtuosity and collected a fan base of millions on these things in is just just my life is just the thing that i'm when i'm wake up from the bad. i be like there are you going to sing? oh, it's just the, you know, nothing for me and i just, i was born with an is just, you know,

is my life. oh. 6 in june, sarah tried her look on one of the world's leading casting shows, america's got town in the united states. even jury member simon cow. the usual poker face revealed how impressed he was, and he sent her straight on to the fire. it was one in a series of big successes for the young singer. she won the polish merchant of the boys, kids and represented poland in the junior eurovision song contest in paris. coming in 2nd to be so young in, you know, just before men and let of stages and then be in different countries in cities and everything. it's crazy. it's actually really crazy and really surprising because i, it's, it's just a dream. it's just a dream that i'm living something and expect the bombings sarah james is in touch

with fans around the world on social media. she has more than a 1000000 followers on tick tock. her photo was even seen in new york city's times. square of this year. her home town in poland is optional. oboski population less than $4000.00. but she also has african roots. my that is idea. my mom is her polish girl. ah, and yeah, i'm a mix gown. you see me in africa. it's just, it's just amazing thing is just, you know, imaging's and, and in my blood and the music that i listen to with african, the music like kung book cook gauge. is that the whole wheat and never did always. i have because when i listened awful. yeah. this is my father, it with me looking like earth moped up being b. this is my mommy and me when i was, i don't always. so here we was in my family, a thing in some adventure,

you know. right now in that spend a lot there much time because you know, it's like an a busy, busy woman. yeah. it is sometimes lizzie days like old. you know, this kind of like just a small, small, small baby. ah. it's not easy being a star sarah has just completed music school, but carries on with singing and piano lessons. challenges of eunice thinker aloud say, i think you know, you wake up really early sometimes are going back from work really, really, really are the at a night actually um, kind of loneliness sometimes because you don't see benches like out of his like of my friends damage you know, sometimes it just like you, you just tired and usually just being exhausted. yeah. and she's

off to the next appearance sarah james will be performing alongside to baron's at all. no lebowski is summer concert. she's the star of the show. her mother attends every concert. oh is a little bit stress her up so we are happy. has she is the start of and and this is so, oh to fast. yeah. not confess, really. her career and all the think to reach a larger audience. sarah, often things in english, her latest single is titled my wave and she's already signed with a major record label. ah, the rooms for my future, i would say just be in the state to sue gift people, my whole heart with music, you know, and just show people mine just me, you know, just me and my music. and i hope they people love it. you know,

ah, and she'll keep on living those dreams and her next performance is in the us, where she hopes to win the hearts of the audiences. injury in the life shows of america's got talent. and in september, maybe even the big prize. ah, men, of course we wish her all of luck. next up we had to austria to me, an artist who creates illusions in glass. in his latest works, thomas medicos employs a special technique. as soon as you move the artwork or you yourself move the image completely changes like magic. oh, we got a sneak peak into the intricate process which goes into these optical anomalies. ah,

works of us in glass. every side reveals a different subject. the ashes calls these installations, animal fif, keeps my number is time thomas medical, i'm an artist and i mostly work with glass and mit class. the animals move at the ceiling that he can. most of the animals for cubes consist of a $144.00 strips. fixed for images are scattered across these strips and fragments of flood worn. so if you walk around the cube or turn it new images come together every 90 degrees on to cut unless been to summon thomas medical has sold his cubes as far afield as the us and canada glasses fascinated the artist ever since he learned how to work with it at a glance, look in technical school mechanics, valid glassing,

it's harder to work with glass intuitively then, for instance, with clay or a canvas m. like at the same time, it's a material that's very closely bound to the refraction of light up and it displays many ambiguities. it has something ethereal about it because it's so transparent, soil from twenties. but in alum, often wilson gets the animal for cubes contained for images and miss and the 2 opposite each other have to fill out precisely the same area offshore. so when you view one of them, it covers up the one behind it. each really cut is the difficulty is to develop images that depict different things, but still cover the same area pressure also, you have to make certain compromises and game of the system. so the 2 images always share certain aspects lightly, but sometimes they lead you up a blind alley, esl suck, then i realize it's not going to work and i have to try something else. again, this is nice bullion miss medicos has got very different works on display in his hunt town. innsbruck, austria, for example,

this installation titled conroy cone eyes anchor albert cohen. i started out in a very small format and dampness, old and one day i drove past the entrance to a parking garage and it occurred to me that it could serve as a kind of massive display case. most of the is on these group. i gave a sculpture in itself as a work that looks back at you shulty and you look at it and it looks back. i say that in general, art doesn't come into being until a viewer gazes at it, and sean and steve. mm. another recent project is this installation in a deep tradition hydroelectric plant. the reflections make the old turbine whole and the viewers themselves a part of the outlook the insulator on the di tank. and the installation hanging mer attempts to redefine the space from an

industrial one, to an artistic one, in the slee, long and unconcerned edition. because it's now listed as a historic side. and the turbines are very dominant and it was important to take up the theme of the space itself. the steam at his homes of took hyphen in late summer or early autumn, the artist hoped to unveil his newest glass cube in ins. brooke, in the mean time, he's got a lot of fragments to cut out and paint. what's that to me than this quantity? i'm? what's fascinating about painting glass is that it's a very old technique dating back to the middle ages on one and me. i think it's exciting to integrate a very old craft into something new. and i make use of this old technique that he tried and tested for something contemporary taken as it was to preventing, ah, thomas medical says animal fit glasses plays with perspectives and perceptions.

ultimately, the us is in the eye of the beholder. when it comes to describing certain characteristics about germany, many people might say that they dry, very fast, are never late, and have no sense of humor. now these of course are cliches, but one thing you might not know is that many germans means serious business when it comes to walking or hiking. having all of the right accessories is very important. now d w reporter rachel stuart, takes a look at how germans hit the trails compared to everyone else. have you ever been that you're on holiday and you decide to go for a hike? you didn't really prepare for it. and of course, who do you come across on the trail? a german? ah, wow. serious shoes?

check out the practical base. classical weather jacket. what's that special term? is that the need? oh boy, please. the walk in. ah, the german love to walk, of course, with walking and walking zone talks about see a guy on sunday stroll has not been established feature in the lives as many german families. but a step up from this is london or hike? the difference isn't necessarily about grade, you know, strenuous know it's a rundown involved planning. a route schedule and equipment i think is the most popular outdoor activity in germany. whether it's a longer journey would stop. i was in hiking hot or a quick day to put the weekend, young and old in any season. they just love it. smart future makes you happy. hiking warms the hot one and it's been a lot of time endorse. so it's great to be out of nature as it really helps to

relax and it keeps you fit. germany just has the right climate for hiking. i get my best idea hiking, because it has so much tradition. germany is a hiking nation man can, you can relax and get away from daily life. you might meet other nice people. it's great all around. would say that the germans been raving the hill since time immemorial. not quite 2nd to day hiking with religious pilgrim tradesman scholars and vagabonds in the german mountains and forests was seen as uninviting, dangerous. it wasn't until the 1800s of german nature got itself, some good publicity, courtesy of the romantic poets and painters joined forces to pick up the great outdoors people started to realize they could walk for pleasure. the arrival of the railway meant that even fitted had easy access to the countryside. and then the germans depart, the germans do best. they got organized. they formed hiking association marked out

paths and even set up the 1st of a youth hostels. sadly, even the wholesome pursuit of hiking couldn't escape the shadow of national socialism. the nazi so hiking as an elitist selfish hobby. and they funneled use hiking members into the hit leave. but in the past 4 years, a renew connection to nature became part of the healing process. so many german today, i think, more popular than ever and it's big business. the germans spend billions of yours every year on hiking trips and some equipment that certainly plenty to keep them occupied in germany, some 300000 kilometers, assign, posted hiking routes along forest trails. alpine tracks wind valleys and coastal, for the germans are no longer just hiking at home. what in for will indulge the hiking habit while holidaying abroad as well wherever they are, does another vital element to a german hike. it's so important. it's got its own verb. i'm all stuffing off for refreshment along the way. maybe it's net fulton. okay,

cool. just to cold beer to keep your energy out. so i ah well the german word, vonda, los or wonder lust has also made it into the english language. now what do you most associate with german culture? go to our website and let us know. now we're raffling off a sweatshirt and a bag. but you can get this sweatshirt from d w's and centered collection, which gives tips on how to access band media. now when i was growing up in the united states, we often ate tortillas, or flat red from corn wrapped around beef or chicken. so you can imagine my confusion when i went to spain and ordered a tortilla, and got a potato. omelet instead. now what i discovered was that spanish tortillas are a beloved favorite, eaten morning, noon and night. the tortilla can be considered

a national dish in spain. in barcelona, near the secretary familia, one little restaurant boasts over 25 kinds of tortilla. and isabel color tell you has been preparing this culinary classic for 40 years now. but i me as a lady, mentor, it's a dish. my grandma would always make up each one for you when i was little. if you'd ask me, what's your favorite food and master? i'd always answer grandma's tortilla of him. so it means a lot to me. if so, if he got was mucho ala hello, my name's isabel keller to you, and i'm the owner of the restaurant law. say about your voice. i'm going to show you how to make a spanish tortilla on your lap. and the spanish tortilla is actually a pretty simple dish and has few ingredients. but i want to make

a t o t a. you need 3 eggs, maybe a half an onion, and 2 potatoes, those. but that though, isabel color tell you shops for fresh ingredients every morning. let dr. young an event that he is with 1st invented in spain, in the 18th century, as a cheap and hearty meal. what's called an element of if what are about outdoor, there was already the french, almost all to a tier, as we call it, native just beaten, baked and rolled up eggs over diesel e and oriental. set our own eggs, specialty a pot. we added potatoes level, ocoee, se, and if we're lucky, barnett law, but the disadvantage tortilla them out of the espanol. it all starts with the potatoes and for potato of choice is the mona lisa variety is probably the end for the great, for spanish tortillas, the way we make them up. if they're not starchy, they are very waxy. that make that imperfect to peel. coffee and fry the la todd. i've got a bad afraid isabella,

and i used the same normal onions. i generally cook with a new phone lather, coffee not affiliated with my grandmother. see, could was to cut the potatoes very thin, white said that they get old crunchy, and to moisten them with the beat neg, diesel. the most important rule is to pre cook all the ingredients of a tortilla. except the eggs. let but that then will up will you come to put the rule potatoes with the egg is olivia that would ruin everything for this committee because then you'd have to roll potatoes in your finish tortilla for you la. you always have to deep fry them before mixing them with the eggs filter. it takes just 2 minutes and they're done. this is for yes, but then i use some paper to soak up the oil heat that a little boy. so now the potatoes, the don mother, that there's a mom and dad that emma's law, but that by itself and it's time for the onions e out of how much of it that they've all. yup. and just like with the potatoes,

the thinner you slice the onions, the better the tortilla, he just call you cook them in their own juice. we add a bit of oil. these are they did the venue, let them simmer slowly on. a very low hate will lead from it up. it takes quite a while, but the result is great at the ample. but okay, that movie in the restaurants name lefebvre means onion and catalonia, and here they simmer their onions for 3 to 4 hours to give them the right roasting flavor. and now it's time for the eggs pilot, some salt pork up. the next task is to beat the eggs and add the deep fried potatoes and stewed onions. then she carefully mix as it altogether. an she shares a little secret with us out i. now the trick is to let everything set for 10 to 15 minutes. those continued to think it helps the potatoes absorb the eggs,

flavor level, the potatoes, talk to the eggs when it will in a coated pan covered with oil, she fries the tortilla mixture. and once the bottom is solid, she flips the tortilla over. and you can get out of one we spaniards couldn't live without potato till t is the other. but we all ate the most children in your time was coming up. and when you've had to miss the kid, you crave them the rest of your life in your simpler duck about rose thumbs or i don't know anyone who doesn't like tortillas. it was from not yet, but that the normally everyone wants some not talked about that the operative and the dish never gets boring. you can always spice up the standard tortilla recipe with new ingredients. collect spinach or go cheese. and it's delicious. any time of day that does look delicious. ok,

dogs and cats tend to be the motif of choice for many photographers. so it may be surprising to see 2 italian photographers choose chickens as their primary subjects . what they believe these feathery creatures are highly underestimated as pets and as models. so they've created a book to get people talking rather than squawking about chickens with proud and self assured, and with elegant feathers. these words describe the ornamental chickens displayed in coffee table books by photographers my tail trying celine, and marino monte. from milan, they both openly admit there, fascinated with chickens, and have even acquired a few of their own. their pets could just as easily struck the cat walk up. i've got that before. we don't run them all at night. was love at 1st sight

that i never would have expected him. the any mighty giving off what he chickens make very good motifs for their very photogenic origin and great models similar that they know right away what they're supposed to do. because of that, you don't have to explain it to them with the name for corey torkel. they need hardly any makeup diver from our experience in the advertising and fashion industries. chickens are the best top models and the most natural up. we should, i am all of that. and they also seem to be the most patient. they obediently follow whatever directions the photographers give them for their latest project. mateo toronto, lini, and marino monte post 2 chickens. each from one of a total 60 breeds as lovers chicken and love is the snappy though somewhat tongue in cheek title. the aspect okesha that i thought to leave you a loss, but we were primarily interested in the aesthetic aspect. look at boys will chase. so they love that explains the beauty and success of the book. lability project too . so you just don't expect chickens to look so grants. 5th up,

i believe. i think with any minute like kevin, the proud rooster and my tail trying. celine garden in milan, he and his hens, chanel and samantha, or house chickens of the coach and breed. queen victoria introduced these unusually large chickens from asia to europe in the 19th century. oh, for chicken and love, the photographers brought roosters and hens of different races together as couples . a dutch crested with a bantam, wyandotte, a silky with an or beaten. concordia means a visual lucas, he found out about it. we went searching for what chickens look best together, but not like a breeder. would ya think? we mixed the breeds and sexes to get a colorful variety like we have in our human society, humanity, ty, guacamole. and what about to roosters? why not?

oh, the rooster may protect his hens, but he doesn't have that great reputation as a romantic lover. guy loom i, the rooster is the worst example and absolutely not a role model. when it comes to romance, yellow fine doesn't do anything. he doesn't produce anything the way and he dominates hundreds of hens with that will definitely not politically correct at a corner, but it works after a lot of my food ceiling. ah, ah, ah, right, no favor. now he's offended. well, we've hurt his feelings about it's no real tragedy. everything always revolves around him the rooster. but now mateo, tanya lini and marino monte have proven that hens to can hold their own in the spotlight. but have they solve the puzzle of why the chicken crossed the road? we'll see next time. okay. and that was all for today over good to go to our

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