Kulturlabor Trial & Error is a Berlin based, non profit organization, working with crafts, D.I.Y. culture, sustainability, arts and media.
Jan 26 '12
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Trashion über alles
Trashion designer battle, upcycling bicycle tires and plastic bags into accessories, lively and colourful swapshop, redesigning the look and getting costumes for the celebration, making slogans and banners, discussing about recycling and upcycling, waste and material - this all Trial&Error crew was busy with this weekend (20th - 21st of January). Tr-errorists where running busy in “Neu-Westberlin”, an amazing old warehouse in Berlin Mitte, which vwas transformed into art gallery with installations and amazing pieces of street art, into club with 3 stages, into space for interaction and participation, shows, parades - and that all because of Butt’n’better!
By coincidence the name of the festival rises associations with contraversial Berlin fashion week “Bread&Butter” - with controversial i mainly mean the hypocratic nature of the fashion itself, including such issues as the consequences of imposed beauty standards, promotion of overproduction, or fair trade. The last one was also the topic of the demoparade against fashion-terror, organised by Butt’n’better - accompanied by couple of lovely police-vans, colourfully dressed demonstrators went for a walk around Berlin Mitte to express their opinion on fair trade.
Quote from a visitor: “I thought Berlin like this doesn’t exists anymore.” However, we hope that Butt’n’better raised not only nostalgic feelings, but awareness towards waste problematics as well as encouraged to stop follow fashion, playing copycats and express themselves. The festival was organized through “Findus Geburtstag” collective.
Trial&Error <3 Butt’n’better
Trial&Error <3 Butt’n’better
