It's not far off the mark to say that Michael Spencer Jones defined the look of Britpop. He was the man who shot all the famous album covers of Oasis, the Verve and many others, and he was also ensconced with Oasis in their early groundbreaking days on tour. Now...
Art
Caterina Gili photographs emotional moments as well as hot stage action
The photographer Caterina Gili moved to Berlin because of an attraction to the vibriant art scene in the city. She has been photographing some of the biggest stars for some of the biggest magazines, but has learn the lessons by years of photographing extremely...
indieBerlin – The Photos Exhibition: The best of the Berlin music scene in pictures
Experience the best music and burlesque moments over the past years in a new indieBerlin photo exhibition - vernissage on 18.2 at the Music and Lifestyle Hotel nhow Berlin on Stralauer Allee 3. We're very excited to announce our upcoming indieBerlin exhibtion, aptly...
indieBerlin attends a Shimmy Shake Burlesque Lesson
There's no denying that I'm a huge fan of burlesque and I have to say Berlin has one of the best circuits for it. So, I was wonderfully surprised when the headmistress, La Viola Vixen invited me to her school, Shimmy Shake Berlin, to take a class. After weeks of...
Dancing With Wolf: A Conversation with Mohamad Al Halabi
A conversation with the choreographer/producer of โDance Factory,โ a new Berlin dance film centered on the Syrian refugee experience. I just got off the phone with Mohamad Al Halabi, aka โWolf,โ a Berlin-based dancer/choreographer from Syria. We had a brief and...
The Berlin Burlesque Festival – what a night – review
Well, all I can say is, what a night! I honestly cannot remember the last time I felt so glamourous in Berlin. I donned my red sequin gown and headed the Neukรถlln. Burlesque lovers and performers were kitted out in their finest as we gathered in the ballroom's foyer....
Old Fleas Vintage Fair – raunchiness, duck burgers and hula hoops
Even when's it's sweltering hot outside you can always count on the vintage lovers to be out in their finery. On Sunday 11th September, we all gathered at Old Fleas Vintage Fair at Ballhaus Berlin to scour for treasures. It was a veritable smorgasbord of trinkets,...
Paul Green, Berlin based photographer in an indieberlin interview
Paul Green is an Australian photographer having travelled quite a bit before settling in Berlin. He wanders around town, looking for unusual and unique characters, colourful ones too. indieberlin managed to get him to answer questions about him and his agency,...
Scenes, sensuality, at-times-defeated body language – Girls by Luo Yang
According to the gallery/artist statement, Luo Yangโs GIRLS โdepict an emerging Chinese subculture that defies imposed expectations and stereotypes โ GIRLS are bad-assed and self-aware, yet insecure, vulnerable and torn, with a supreme sense of cool. [โฆ] They explore...
Berlin Burlesque Week: no-holds barred, high-energy and downright sexy
The Gala Spectacular: Despite one more night - a kind of after-party version of the well-established Sunday Soiree - to round off the Berlin Burlesque Week 2016, Saturday nightโs Burlesque Gala Spectacular was the high point, the final riotous celebration, of a whole...
Viola Vixen on rebel hearts, burly explosions and milky boobs
Viola Vixen, highly praised Australian Queen of the Quiver and Burlesque Bombshell has been active in the Burlesque world since 2006. She has moved to Berlin in 2012 where she has given the Berlin Burelsque scene an extra touch of glitter. But also business wise, this...
Lehr Galerie wins our art prize for the indieberlin awards 2015
Lehr Contemporary Art was founded in 2009 in Cologne. The gallery moved to Berlin in 2014. The gallery program is focused on contemporary art by german and international artists. Five to six exhibitions are shown per year. Additionally the gallery publishes exhibition...