Hans-Christian Thulin as Martin Bengtsson

So now we know,
Swedish actor Hans-Christian Thulin is playing Martin Bengtsson in the coming play "I skuggan av San Siro" at The New Theatre in Örebro, Sweden.
Premiere is at 18th of September. Fore more info visit:
www.lansteatern.se


About Hans-Christian Thulin:(OBS! in Swedish)
Hans-Christian Thulin gick ut Teaterhögskolan i Malmö våren 2005. Dessförinnan har han också gått teaterlinjen på Fridhems folkhögskola. Han medverkade i Teaterhögskolans slutproduktioner av Ett drömspel av August Strindberg i regi av Thomas Müller, och Frankenstein – ur tjänstemännens levnad av Wolfgang Deichsel i regi av Henrik Dahl.

Hans-Christian har medverkat i flera filmer bl a Mannen som log, Y och Högtider. Under sommaren 2005 syntes han i SVT:s barnprogram Sommarlov 05. Han har dessutom spelat sommarteater i Krapperup och med Ystads Stående Teatersällskap.


Martin Bengtsson.

Yesterday Pär Strömberg had his exhibition "Ride the lightning" at Black Jim Gallery. Here are some pictures and some more coming up.

When we were out yesterday to put up some posters we found ourselfs a disco ball. This makes Black jim crew very happy.

Pär has landed, now there is alot of work (and fun) to get done.

Hope to see you all tomorrow!

E-mail from Noro: "Mitte won!"

Mitte won the PBS - REEL 13 Program. It will be aired this Saturday night, May 23rd at approximately 10:30 pm EST on PBS - http://www.pbs.org/.

Many thanks for your vote. This has been a fun journey - thanks for being a part of it.

There is much more Mitte & Firya Burnes to come!

Thank you

Vielen Dank (for all my German friends)

thank you.


Noro


Me, Martin want to thank all that voted in Germany, Sweden and everywhere else.
Now we looking forward to see "Mitte" at American television!
Noro, Phillip & Tony, it´s been a pleasure! Nice work!

Directions (again) to Black Jim Gallery

First you go to Kottbusser Tor..

and when you get to Kottbusser Tor just go straight ahead on Adalbertstrasse until you get to Waldemarstrasse, then turn Left (links) to waldemarstrasse 21.

It´s not to hard to find.

Vote for "Mitte".

Martin was acting in a short-movie last year in Berlin. The film is called "Mitte". Now you can vote for the film at the site below. The winning piece will be aired on PBS.

http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/category/vote/

Words from Noro Ejaita, producer;

"Your participation would be greatly appreciated, and would be instrumental in voicing strong support for independent film-making, as well as helping to bring this film to a wider audience."

Much Love & Kind Regards to all,
Noro

p.s. feel free to pass this link along to any film lovers...

Black Jim Gallery getting ready for Pär Strömberg

3,5 days to go til the exhibition.
Today we have made the Gallery ready. Painted floors, and walls, cleaned & listened to Cold War Kids.

Bye Mazi & Malin!

Malin & Mazi went back to Sweden early Monday morning after a couple of well spent days in Berlin.
They have promised to send som holiday pictures that they´ll share on the blog. Til, then you can listen to Malin´s songs here:

http://www.myspace.com/weisbykratz

someone who's not gonna make it to sommerfesten this year...

Sommerfesten

Except Waldemaar there´s another artist, booked for Sommerfesten in Norway in July, that´s doing pretty good...

Alexander Rybak won the Eurovision Songcontest yesterday.
Me? I ate a China Box with extra garlic.
There is different ways to prepare as my dad always says.



More about Sommerfesten at www.verdensbestefestival.no

Släpp aldrig in dem här.

Mazi & Malin on visit - part 1. "Mazi shows that he´s a real japanese..."

Yes, Mazaki & Malin came to Berlin for a visit today.
Friends from my old neighborhood St Eriksplan in Stockholm, and espacially the Mellqvist coffeabar.

Mazaki is half Japanese...I haven´t realised til now.





















After 2 hours with the camera working constantly, Mazi finally took a break.

Marty back on the football pitch - winner in Metallallsvenskan!

Marty was spending the weekend in Sweden where he had a book reading, did some mixing and also...played football.
It was in the tournament Metallsvenskan that took place at Behrn Arena, in Marty´s old hometown Örebro, with musicians & rockers coming from all around Sweden.
His team Örebro United won the tournament and here I give you an exclusive look at the Gold Medal.












Pictures by Åsa Jonsén, Meny.

Metallallsvenskan on Youtube.





http://www.myspace.com/metallsvenskan

Good morning!

Just 10 days left to Pär Strömbergs exhibition at Black Jim Gallery. We are looking forward to it and hope you all can come join us then!

In the begining of the clip it kind of sounds like this unknown guy is "threatening" his friend (or us) to start singing. And he does.

Marty & Sofia have a little guitar lesson at Black Jim Gallery...

Yes, Sofia have lately been more & more interested in the guitar. So we came up with this brand new idéa.
You wish a song and we try to play it for you! Please choose an easy one, not more then 3 maybe 4 chords.
As a start we have chosen the Swedish saint Olle Ljungström and his song "Försökskanin".
Under the first clip you find the original. Olle performing "Försökskanin" in Stockholm in a wheelchair after breaking both his feet before the show.



Here is the lyrics in Swedish to sing along to...

"Jag är försökskanin, jag har ätit tvål

Jag måste dö en dag, det är ganska bra

Jag passar bra i bur, det känns flott

Det är sånna som vi som visar hur bra ni kan bli

Ahahaahahaahahahahaiiiahahahhaiahahaa

Men mest av allt vill jag va C! eh G! eh...

En man utan sorg, dansande på ett torg A! med Ingeborg

Men om jag för en sekund fick ett uns av förstånd

Skulle jag nog ändå valt A dig och förbli kanin"




For thoose who can´t understand Swedish Sofia has done a translation of the "försökskanin" lyrics, so also you can sing along. Good luck!


"I´m a labb rabbit, I´v been eating soap


I must die one day, that is pretty good


I´m looking good in cage, it feels neat


there are people like us that shows how great you could be


ahahahahahahahahahaiiahhaahaiahahahaa


But most of all I want to be C! eh G! eh..


a man without sorrow, dancing on a square A! with Ingeborg


but if I for a second got a to be a little bit less insane (?)


I would have choosen A you and continued to be labb rabbit"

freshening up die mauer

On November 9, 2009, Berlin will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall.Artists, who painted the largest remaining section of the Berlin Wall in 1990 is now reparing their works.

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Black Jim Gallery presents "Ride The Lightning" by Pär Strömberg

Exhibition by Swedish artist and WeSC-activist Pär Strömberg at Black Jim Gallery.

Start: Saturday May 23 at 16.00

Waldemarstrasse 21, Berlin/Kreuzberg

More info about Pär:

Pär Strömberg, born 1972 in Örebro, Sweden – lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Stockholm, Sweden. Teaching at Örebro College of Art, Sweden. Four time nominated for the Royal Dutch Painting Prize (2004-2007) and winnar of the Wim Izaks Painting Prize in 2002. Travells and exhibiting all over the world in fairs, galleries and museums.

Nostalgia X 3

I have flashbacks from my youth. It´s just how it is sometimes...

1 May - Kreuzberg-night....