It was 19 hours in Pankow, Berlin. The cold was eating away at my extremities. But I was on a mission. My plan was to arrive at my dorm to freshen up fast enough to get to Laura López Paniagua’s lecture on the work of Mike Kelley only a modest 5 minutes late. Being an
Author: Reuben Gordon
My name is Reuben Gordon and I will be contributing to the blog this semester. I am a third-year exchange student here at Bard College Berlin. I go to school at Bard College in Annandale and I am from New York City. I am a studio arts major at Bard, and my focus is painting. I currently do both abstract painting and portraiture, sometimes combined. I am excited to be in Berlin. I hope to bring that excitement to the blog. I am a big walker, and I will be walking through the city and documenting my experiences. This could be anything from a review of coffee shops, galleries, or ping pong games. I think my background of being from New York will give me a unique perspective on Berlin.
The Mauerpark Fleas
I’ve had the pleasure of fumbling around the Mauerpark flea market twice since I dropped anchor in Berlin. I was told there would be flea markets here. The legends were true: My first encounter with the Mauerpark flea market was on one fateful Sunday morning.
Gallery Hop
This last Thursday I had the pleasure of being toured around several art exhibition openings by the artist Shila Khatami, who I am interning for as a part of Bard College Berlin’s Internship Seminar. After a long bike ride through the suburban haze of Pankow, I finally reached Kreuzberg. I met with Shila at a