Berlin

I have just spent a few days in Berlin. I really enjoyed myself. Heres a couple of compulsory tourist photos:

The Brandenburg Gates

The Reichstags

We timed the trip so that it was at the same time as the Pictoplasma Animation Festival (check out the Pictoplasma website). This was quite good timing as we are about to start an Flash animation brief. A lot of the animations were really amazing. Some worked because they were so simple, whereas others worked because of how complex the animation was.


This one is by Ginny Robertson and Garth Jones, and was an entrant for the E4 sting competition. I like it because it it so simple. Go to Ginny Robertson's website for more info.

We also attended a lecture with 2 directors from Studio Soi, a German animation studio. Although I don't intend to try for a career in animation, it was still very interesting. The thing that i found most interesting and inspiring is that all of the founding members were a group of friends that went to art college together. Setting up a business with friends is something that i would really like to do. Check out Studio Soi's website.

Berlin was really interesting in general. There was graffiti every where. We found a few really interesting shops and galleries that were basically in run down buildings and squats.

This was the entrance to a really cool little book shop that sold lots of german art books as well as homemade books and zines.

This was a building that had various different artists' shops and exhibitions.


We spent a full day at the zoo, which was amazing, except all the animals were really angry and trying to escape.

Heres a few photos from the zoo:







I took more photos at the zoo, to see the rest click here.

I didn't eat a meal for the first 2 days i was there, but we managed to find a really good vegie restaurant on the last day. Everyone went out for a meal there, which i thought was really nice of them.