Valérie Buess – Paper Sculptures
Swiss artist Valérie Buess has created stunning intricate mini sculptures from paper. The now German-based artist was born in 1966 in Lucerne, but in 1990 she decided to live and work in the city of Marburg, where she has been honing her craft for over the last twenty years. The delicate creativity in Buess’ work … Read more
Slinkachu: Worst Wurst
London-based miniature street artist Slinkachu has unveiled his latest tiny installation piece, ‘Worst Wurst’ in Stuttgart, Germany. ‘Worst Wurst’ depicts a food vendor selling street meat under the storefront name ‘Wunder Wurst’. However, to the left of the main attraction, is a rat surrounded by its droppings with men, seemingly street cleaners, picking up the … Read more
Feel-O-Meter Shows German Town’s Mood
“Fühlometer ” (Feel-o-meter) or “Public Face” in Germany is an interactive art installation that shows the mood of a city by displaying it in the form of an eight-foot illuminated Smiley. The emotions are captured by a digital camera that is focused on the faces of the people standing in a specific area on the lakeside. … Read more
Underground City
A city under ground, it sounds like the stuff of myths and legends, but a street artist, EVOL in Germany has made it a reality with a series of buildings just visible from a rural patch in Hamburg. It does bring a new meaning to the horrible song Jamiroquai did ages ago “Deeper Underground”, or … Read more
Peace camapigner Brian Haw dies aged 62
The veteran peace campaigner Brian Haw has died after “a long hard fight” against lung cancer, his family has announced in a statement on his website today. The 62-year-old died in his sleep on Saturday in Germany, where he had been receiving treatment. He began his round-the-clock protest opposite the Houses of Parliament on 2 … Read more
Azerbaijan leave UK ‘Blue’ after winning the Eurovision Song Contest
Azerbaijan won the Eurovision Song Contest in Dusseldorf with the romantic ballad “Running Scared” last night in the annual cheese-fest that grips the European states and is watched by a television audience of more than 100 million people. UK entry Blue came 11th with 100 points, not as well as the London guys would have … Read more
Knuffingen Miniature Airport, Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg, Germany’s ‘Miniatur Wunderland‘, the world’s largest model railway exhibit, has just officially opened ‘Knuffingen Airport’, a computer-controlled miniature airport complete with moving cars and trains, working lights, and airplanes that continually take off and land in the space. Gerrit and Frederik Braun opened the model airport together with special guests Niki Lauder, F1 World … Read more
