berlin berlin

i luv berlin. I ve been in there many times but still, so much to see.

EXPLORATION #5 – LISTEN IN: BERLIN

There are places you won’t find in a tourist’s guide. Underground bunkers and mysterious hilltop listening stations, built to intercept radio communications. Berlin’s abandoned relics from the days of espionage are everywhere, hidden in plain sight. We put our boots on and went exploring.

dot

pull the plug

I dont know how i came to this subject but i guess i was surfing on ekşisözlük then i clicked on istanbul gay pride 2009 , then i checked the pride’s website and i saw a link on organizators page: bears of turkey . It s a funny name to take i think, maybe you wanna check it.

whatever, i ve been in two gay parades, in brighton and berlin.
As an alternative :  anti gay parade. i went to berlin for Fuck Parade last summer. Against police repression, drug hysteria, gentrification, and in particular against Media Spree*!
I was in dusseldorf for my internship and i went to berlin by local trains ( cheap but it was a torture) , i stayed only one night and i was in trains for two days(:. You can go by fast trains in 2-3 hours(:

Anyway check out those sites that i ve linked.

i took this photo on the bridge which was the starting point of the Fuck Parade.

* media spree

Urbex

Urbex is a term that i saw on internet, it is used for urban exploring and researching.  

While on my first trip to Berlin, about ~3 years ago,  i found an abonded-looking building. There was not anybody or any sign in the enterance. All the walls were covered in graffiti. In the second floor, there were rooms and some artists were using those rooms as their ateliers and also selling their works. I was really impressed. after that, i did some research and realised it s Tacheles that you can even find in a tourist guide(:     In following years, i went there in my every visit to Berlin.  We even talked with administration and got info about renting those rooms for exhibition. 

Whatever, the point that  i m trying to reach is the posession to abandoned buildings.  I always love to go in them when i saw one. when i realised the urban decay potential of europe, i ve searched those places wherever i went. 

Berlin is a kind of dream city in this respect. All of the city seems decayed to me actually. So you dont need to search but  according to my own experiences( i ve seen 98 cities but there are so many out there..) , Krakow would be my queen. The city is surrounding by many abandoned factories and they are just amazing. Because all of the machines etc s were left and there were so much things to see.  But do not go in winter. Days are too short so there is no sun light after ~4pm, cold is killing you, taking photos of models with coats is not aesthetic ( its like a winter coat collection shoting) 

 

tacheles

 

tacheles

 

 

this building was across the street of our flat. Those people are Igor and his friends. Igor is also a photographer and he helped us so much to find those places and models. by the way, another thing that i found interesting is they are living in the other part of the same building./krakow

 

Antalya/Turkey, i found an abandoned factory even in there(: ps.model's clothes are handmade(!) my hand! ok just the skirt.

 

urbex links:

http://www.urban-travel.org/documents/69.html

http://www.urbex-and-more.com/index.php

http://www.suspiciousminds.com/

http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/

 

[to be continued...]