On 6th of August I visited John Blue (his studio here) and Mimosa Pale. We spoke about tempests and rainstorms. John had actually recorded the storm which had struck down the Datscha garden fir 4 weeks earlier. As if it was by magic, the rain started pouring down again. And the two of them improvised on a stunning new piece for singing saw, cello and electronic samples.
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31st of July. Our guests in the studio of reboot.fm, “Haus der Kulturen der Welt”, Berlin: Authors Ulrike Stöhring and Matthias Scheliga. Outside it is hot, and we are reading texts: About stuttering gardeners, the mint family, mushrooms, paradise – and 10 pages on the garden philosophy of Epicurus. Brilliantly spoken by Matthias Scheliga.
Ms Stoehring sang for us her favourite childhood garden song:
Jannek hatt' einen Garten
Pictures show Ms. Schaffner with the authors. Production: Pit Schultz
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