~~~ The Berlin Man With A Movie Camera ~~~

There is a man who travels around the Berlin gallery openings. Pretty impossible to miss, is he, as he is always to be found sporting a construction site helmet with a video camera taped to the top. Often a flag will drape off the helmet and I have seen him more than once in a white bomber suit and let's not forget those wonderful aviators...

What is he doing...? I have often wondered, labelling him as one of the arty farty-ies. Well, it actually turns out that (yes, of course the label can still stay on) but he is also doing quite an interesting project. His name is Konstantin Schneider (if indeed that is his real name...) and he travels around the Berlin openings in order to get a bona fida account of the event / the scene / the people etc etc, and more often than not includes an interview with the artist (habitually looking embarrassed / confused and a bit shy). I guess, his idea in theory should provide an interesting archive of a well-documented and authentic Berlin art scene, but in practice, you can see everyone becoming increasingly shifty once his presence is felt. Still a great character and his small films are interesting to watch - check out his website for more: http://www.berlinerkunstkontakter.de/

The man at work....