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Christiane Eck
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arts comms // graphic design & animation // indie films & music // migrant // londoner (e17) // professionally german // she/her // views my own
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A quick read full of wit and wisdom, gloriously translated
The cover of On the Greenwich Line by Shady Lewis. Translated by Katharine Halls. Peirene Press.
October 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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A good read 8/10
The cover of the audio book of Good Girl by Aria Aber
August 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Best book I’ve read in a while, really enjoyed the atmosphere.
Book cover of Woman Running in the Mountains by Yuko Tsushima
May 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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South Kensington station, April 2025
A tree in bloom at the top of the eastbound District line platform at South Kensington station on a sunny day.
April 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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The kid and I went to see Matt Berninger at Union Chapel last weekend. Would recommend.
The kid and I at Union Chapel, London, waiting patiently for Ronboy and Matt Berninger. Special thanks to the lady in the row behind us for the pic.
April 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Also still on my mind: an insightful panel discussion on Feminist Voices in Curatorial and Artistic Practices from the other day.
You couldn’t wish for more engaging speakers than Maggie Matić, Linsey Young & Juliet Jacques - not to forget very wise written contributions from Jade Foster. (1/2)
Maggie Matić, Linsey Young and Juliet Jacques on a panel at the Goethe-Institut London. On the slide in the background it says Feminist Battlegrounds: Negotiating and creating solidarities in feminism then and now. Negotiating diversity: feminist voices in curatorial and artistic practice. Chair: Maggie Matić, Director, Auto Italia. Panellists: Jade Foster, curator, artist & art historian. Juliet Jacques, writer & filmmaker. Linsey Young, independent curator & researcher.
February 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I keep thinking about this book I just finished reading, thanks to Jamie Bartlett’s reporting.
Because even though I’m very online, I kinda missed an awful lot of pretty in your face sh*t that big tech has been pulling, it seems.
Anyway, hard recommend.
Book cover of How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa.
February 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Events season off to a great start! What a pleasure it was to have not one but two talented writers - Fatma Aydemir and Jessica Moor - in the house on Tuesday, celebrating the English translation of Fatma’s second novel, Djinns (Dschinns).

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Writer Jessica Moor in conversation with Fatma Aydemir at a book launch for the English translation of Aydemir’s novel Djinns (Dschinns) in the Goethe-Institut London library, an interested audience is listening.
February 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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No gig pics cos packed venue but Du Blonde (@dublonde.bsky.social) played a fantastic set at the Scala tonight w Big Fat Big. 10/10 🔥
A print out of stage times stuck onto a dark wall. It says Form Scala 06.02.25 Doors 7:30 PM Big Fat Big 8PM-8.30PM Du Blonde 9PM-10PM The facade of the Scala in King’s Cross at night time, first floor upwards, lights accentuating the architectural features and the name in red neon lights. Reflections in the sky
February 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Gig year 2025 activated - how good are Desperate Journalist these days???
A printout in a dark frame, saying The Garage Thursday, 23th of January 2025 DOORS 19:00 Deux Furieuses 20:00 - 20:30 Desperate Journalist 21:00 Curfew 23:00 Desperate Journalist on stage at The Garage
January 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Commuting.

First week of 2025 ✔️
Edge of a tube station platform saying “nd the gap” upside down
January 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Happy 2025! Last year was a wild ride on an emotional rollercoaster, thankfully punctuated by short moments of relative calm, such as the one pictured below.

I took this very blue photo in Worthing in the spring of 2024.
Worthing seafront at dusk on a cloudy day, the pier illuminated, the pebble beach empty, a fairly quiet sea
January 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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We miss little Luzie’s presence #Caturday
A black cat with a white bib, white paws and white whiskers is sitting on a green blanket.
December 14, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Poetry after Kafka event with poets Francesca Beard, Gale Burns and David Constantine and Carolin Duttlinger and Ian Ellison from Oxford University in the Goethe-Institut London library tonight 🔥
A panel of three poets and two scholars and the audience in the Goethe-Institut London library
December 3, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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Missing this beaut 💔💔💔
A black cat with a white bib and white whiskers is sitting on a duvet cover with a retro print.
November 30, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Tonight! A 35mm print of experimental German film JONAS (Ottomar Domnick, 1957) screens at the Goethe-Institut London as part of their Kafka season.

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A b/w screenshot from Jonas. A man in a suit is looking at a shop window display of hats.
November 25, 2024 at 7:26 AM
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Good night, Luzie 💔
A black cat with a white bib and white whiskers
November 21, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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To be reminded of roads taken *exactly* 20 years ago
A poster advertising the 20th anniversary tour of Interpol performing Antics, displayed at South Kensington tube station A quote from a Claire Keegan short story: Once, when Margaret was a child, her mother had gone on a pilgrimage to Knock and came back with a stick of rock and an umbrella. Margaret waited for a windy day, opened the umbrella and jumped off the boiler-house wall, believing she would fly, and landed with a broken ankle on the car-road. If only, in her adult life, her unfounded beliefs could be so abruptly disproved. To be an adult was, for the greatest part, to be in darkness.
November 7, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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Bonsoir à tous
A children’s book with two drawn cats on the cover, a mother and baby. They are catching hearts that are flying through the sky. The book title is Mon premier Jacques Brel.
November 2, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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The most autumnal tree in the village.
A ginkgo tree with yellow leaves in at dusk
October 30, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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This little fella just got diagnosed with leukaemia so there’ll be plenty of treats & cuddles (& drugs) from now on.
A black cat with white whiskers and white feet lying on a green blanket
October 20, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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Don Van Vliet paintings at Michael Werner Gallery. Beautiful show, what a space.
A small oil painting (Untitled #18) hung next to a larger one (Two Rips in a Haystack)
February 18, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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Brixton, 17 Dec 23
A person walking on the pavement next to a big road with multiple cars, towards a blue lit facade with a high rise and street lamps in the background, at night time.
January 2, 2024 at 10:01 AM
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2023 was a good year for escapism.

Read 32 books, these were my faves:
AKWAEKE EMEZI - YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY EVELYN WAUGH - BRIDESHEAD REVISITED GWENDOLINE RILEY - COLD WATER SUSAN COOPER - THE GREY KING MAT OSMAN - THE GHOST THEATRE JOHN DARNIELLE - UNIVERSAL HARVESTER
January 1, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2024?
Grace Slick giving the finger
December 31, 2023 at 11:41 AM