Organisation: Miriam Koban, Peter Kessel, Robert Lzicar
It was a wonderful trip. Beautiful encounters with committed and passionate creatives. A generous organisation, a huge thank you to Miriam, Robert and especially Peter for this creative and beautiful week 😉
Artist Andrea
https://cargocollective.com/Andrea-WallgrenGerichtshöfe
https://www.gerichtshoefe.de/
ArtLoftBerlin
https://artloft.berlin/
Druckbar Wedding
https://druckbarwedding.com/
Mirage Bistrot
http://mirage.berlin/
Jochen Küpper
https://www.creative-city-berlin.de/de/ccb-magazin/2018/8/28/jochen-kupper-urban-art-week/
The World Clock (Weltzeituhr), also known as the Urania World Clock is a large turret-style world clock located in the public square of Alexanderplatz in Mitte, Berlin. By reading the markings on its metal rotunda, the current time in 148 major cities from around the world can be determined. Since its erection in 1969, it has become a tourist attraction and meeting place. In July 2015, the German government declared the clock as a historically and culturally significant monument.
The clock was designed by the designer Erich John, who at the time was an employee of the planning group for the transformation of Alexanderplatz under the direction of Walter Womacka. Before designing the clock and managing its construction, John was a lecturer at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, where he taught product design. The idea to erect a clock in Alexanderplatz was had when the wreckage of the Uraniasäule (a.k.a. Wettersäule), a pre-World War II public clock, was found during the restoration of the square in 1966.
The construction of the clock required more than 120 engineers and other experts, including the sculptor Hans-Joachim Kunsch; the Getriebefabrik Coswig company was also instrumental in its construction. In Germany at the time, there was no widely recognized design award, so John did not receive one for his work. However, he received a design award for a different design of his in 1982.
In 1987, a commemorative coin was released with the image of the World Clock. In 1997, the cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem were added to the clock during a necessary repair to the mechanism – when it was erected, the cities were omitted due to the political sensibilities surrounding the nation of Israel of the time. Two cities which had changed their names since the clock was erected were also changed: Leningrad (to Saint Petersburg) and Alma Ata (to Almaty).
