the collected musings of ms. rachel b. doyle

A 24-yr-old journalist drifting through various cities, whims, boîte spots & airports.

I ditched Manhattan and weak dollar writing gigs for Berlin, euros and everything else. Apart from some odd occasions where I've pined for bargain books or Law and Order reruns, I can't say I miss America at all. If you're so inclined, drop me a line here.
Sep 29
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View of a sculpture by Berlin-based Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota in Berlin on Thursday. The artist stuck hundreds of shoes to the facade of a building in the city’s Mitte district as part of the “Torstrasse, 166 — House of Imagination” exhibition. The show will feature 12 different artists exhibiting their work in the apartment building from Sept. 27 to Oct. 12, 2008. (via tloenuqbar: via Der Spiegel) The facade of # 166 also looked super-fucking-cool from the top floor window looking down. I went to the opening on Thursday, accompanied by Unlike’s fabulous Youyoung, and got a workout traipsing up and down the stairs and in and out of the artist-themed derelict apartments. Our conclusion: the coolest and most unique installation was the one by Norwegian-born Sissel Tolaas, who “investigated the stories captured within the apartment and took [a few of the 7,800] the scents created in her Berlin laboratory to animate the memories.” All the rooms had scent-spraying buttons, as well as odorous walls. These alternately smelled lovely, horrid, playful, interesting, and pizza-esque. Perfume’s Jean-Baptiste Grenouille would’ve been proud.

View of a sculpture by Berlin-based Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota in Berlin on Thursday. The artist stuck hundreds of shoes to the facade of a building in the city’s Mitte district as part of the “Torstrasse, 166 — House of Imagination” exhibition. The show will feature 12 different artists exhibiting their work in the apartment building from Sept. 27 to Oct. 12, 2008. (via tloenuqbar: via Der Spiegel)

The facade of # 166 also looked super-fucking-cool from the top floor window looking down. I went to the opening on Thursday, accompanied by Unlike’s fabulous Youyoung, and got a workout traipsing up and down the stairs and in and out of the artist-themed derelict apartments.

Our conclusion: the coolest and most unique installation was the one by Norwegian-born Sissel Tolaas, who “investigated the stories captured within the apartment and took [a few of the 7,800] the scents created in her Berlin laboratory to animate the memories.” All the rooms had scent-spraying buttons, as well as odorous walls. These alternately smelled lovely, horrid, playful, interesting, and pizza-esque. Perfume’s Jean-Baptiste Grenouille would’ve been proud.