shine in decay

GRL Germany @ Vigo Transforma

admin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:44:07 +0000

From the 29th of june to the 3rd of july Graffiti Research Lab Germany went on a road trip to Vigo, Spain to perform on the festival “Vigo Transforma”.

After a nice LED Throwie Action with almost 1000 throwies we let the Vigo people bomb the main habour building with blitztag.

See the results:

LED Throwie Action, Vigo Transforma from Hauke Pauke on Vimeo.

blitzTag at Vigo Transforma Festival 2011 from Achim Kern on Vimeo.

LED Throwie Removal Unit

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:06:39 +0000

The reactions on the LED throwie action at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin on the 11th of March were overwhelming. Almost all where positive. The negative comments broached the issue of the environmental problem the LED throwies are because of the lithium batteries, they contain.

GRL Germany knew about the problem since the beginning and now invented a simple device to remove LED throwies when they are dead and gone.

On the DIY-Website www.instructables.com there is now an Instructable to build a LED Throwie Removal Unit.

The following Video will show you how it works:

Throwie Removal Unit from Jesse Scott on Vimeo.

11.03.11, Berlin, Kottbusser Tor

admin — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:39:46 +0000

GRL Germany and street-lab.net did a LED Throwie workshop at ODC Berlin where approx. 350 Throwies have been built. In the evening those were installed at Kottbusser Tor.

See these videos to get a glimpse of this great event:

LED Throwies – Kottbusser Tor from Jesse Scott on Vimeo.

2009, Berlin Köpenick, Klubhaus “Erich Weinert”

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:24:00 +0000

The Klubhaus “Erich Weinert” was build in the early 1950s. 1996 the Discothek “Euro Tower” was located here. But not for long. Since then the whole building is empty. But still there are a lot of remains of the time, people where partying here.

The main hall of the Klubhaus. People used to dance here

Grafitto located at the first floor of the Klubhaus with the sun shining to what used to be a window

The place was easy to access. No wall to be climbed, no blocked up doors. He could just walk into that place. The site is really impressive. The main hall is huge with a lot of stuff lying around there. There is a stage apparent and even the DJ booth is still there. Apart the main hall things aren’t that clear anymore. There are a lot of rooms were it’s hard to imagine what was in there during the “Euro-Tower” times.

Grafitti artist did there work in almost every room. And there are signs of people who lived here, at least for a short while.

The installation has been done in the main hall.

The installation in total. Light is coming from above through the destroyed roof

A closer look from underneath

What a nice place. Let’s go there again next summer and hang out at the Spree with some bottles of beer. And a card box full of LED Throwies of course.

2009, Berlin Weissensee, Werkstatt

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:13:09 +0000

An abandoned repair shop in Weissensee. The place seems to be renovated, so it won’t be there for long. Most impressive part of the location is a big gate on the backside of the building. It looks like the gateway to a ww2 bunker, a post apocalyptic scenery.

A big gate is located on the backside of the repair shop in Berlin-Weissensee

The gate from a closer range

Two Installation had been made. One in the inside in an abandoned rest room. And one at the outside on the big gate.

The gate at night. What's behind it?

The gate at night from a closer range

The rest rooms inside the building was completely dark. The LED are the only sources of light and dipping the place in blue and red light.

The rest room

All the light in this room is emitted by LED

Although the room was definatly fucked up, with rubbish lying around and the smell of mildew in the air, with the blue and red light it looked brand new.

Of course no heat is coming from this device

2009, Berlin Kreuzberg, Urbanhafen, Theaterschiff TAU

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:59:37 +0000

The “Theaterschiff TAU” at the Urban Krankenhaus in Kreuzberg is an impressiv shipwreck. One of the things that make it that impressiv is the fact that it is located in the middle of a city, a place where at least I would not expect any shipwrecks.

The other impressiv thing about it are the grafittis it is full of. Abandoned buildings are always loaded with grafittis but to see a ship full of those is something special.

The Theaterschiff at Urbanhafen in Berlin-Kreuzberg at daytime

The Theaterschiff TAU with LED Throwies

This installation has been done at daytime. Daylight is the perfect camouflage for LED Throwie installments. Nobody passing by will have a clue what you are doing because the glow of the LED is far from strong enough to be seen during daytime.

The sky didn't look that scary in reality.

In the back you can see the bridge to get on the ship

The results seen at night were pleasing.

Someone's sitting there. Who could it be?

Nice reflections on the water surface

But two days later, all of the LED Throwies were gone. It seemed that some bureaucrats from the water and shipping authority collected them all to avoid any kind of titanic-like incidents. Nothing’s forever when you’re doing stuff like this.