Same same but different

Everything is different in New Zealand, they say: Christmas is in summer, which is in winter. Water goes down the plughole in the same direction as in Germany, which is precisely the opposite to what everyone tells you. An above-average number of New Zealand have an above-average standard of dress, especially if you include the…

From Berlin to Christchurch

At the invitation of the Goethe-Institut in Wellington and The Physics Room gallery in Christchurch, I will be spending two-and-a-half months in New Zealand as from mid-November – travelling, writing, reading, taking photographs, meeting people, working with New Zealand artists, and telling people all about it on this blog. Clod and Spider already have a…