{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"","height":896,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/red-retro-berlin-mariendorf.jpg","width":2432},"credit":"","date":"2009-09-27T11:12:16Z","description":"New names for Berlin subway stations! Urban artist Red Retro was in Berlin and breaks with his interventions through people’s daily routine. Read more...","html":"\u003cp\u003eAfter modifying stations in Madrid and Valencia, \u003cstrong\u003eRed Retro\u003c/strong\u003e renamed some subway stations in Berlin between September 15th and 26th!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe changed for example “Alt-Mariendorf” into “Strg + Alt + Apple-Key”, “Alexanderplatz” into “Alexanderspass” and “Pankstraße” into “Punkstraße”. These changes are not digital - Red Retro uses original vinyl-transparency to make his mostly funny wordplays.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe aim of this creative urban interventions is to break through the wall of people’s daily routine and monotony and to provoke human emotions.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRed Retro is now on the way to Latin America. I’m curious to see what there will be come next. For more info, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.redretro.org/\"\u003ewww.redretro.org\u003c/a\u003e or check out his \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/aticolunatico/sets/72157594185526312/\"\u003eFlickr-photostream\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are some of his Berlin subway conversions:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 896\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"896\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"896\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/red-retro-berlin-wedding_hu_b8460b796979eeb4.avif 480w, /red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/red-retro-berlin-wedding_hu_dae35ee23b6db4bb.avif 960w, /red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/red-retro-berlin-wedding_hu_f06d3a03d599f696.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/red-retro-berlin-wedding_hu_de5b5e981b5d55c3.webp 480w, /red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/red-retro-berlin-wedding_hu_3f6cc97a46813330.webp 960w, /red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/red-retro-berlin-wedding_hu_66939ce53b0cb749.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/red-retro-berlin-wedding_hu_20041be0dd42fbc8.jpg\" srcset=\"/red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/red-retro-berlin-wedding_hu_234ab1914d5d35e9.jpg 480w, /red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/red-retro-berlin-wedding_hu_e72d78fec5f546d7.jpg 960w, /red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/red-retro-berlin-wedding_hu_20041be0dd42fbc8.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"531\" alt=\"red retro - berlin wedding\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ered retro - berlin wedding\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n Red Retro \u0026amp; Berlin Subway Stations\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInfo via \u003ca href=\"http://www.ekosystem.org/?permalink=6312\"\u003ewww.ekosystem.org\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nAfter modifying stations in Madrid and Valencia, **Red Retro** renamed some subway stations in Berlin between September 15th and 26th!\n\nHe changed for example “Alt-Mariendorf” into “Strg + Alt + Apple-Key”, “Alexanderplatz” into “Alexanderspass” and “Pankstraße” into “Punkstraße”. These changes are not digital - Red Retro uses original vinyl-transparency to make his mostly funny wordplays.\n\nThe aim of this creative urban interventions is to break through the wall of people’s daily routine and monotony and to provoke human emotions.\n\nRed Retro is now on the way to Latin America. I’m curious to see what there will be come next. For more info, visit [www.redretro.org](http://www.redretro.org/) or check out his [Flickr-photostream](http://www.flickr.com/photos/aticolunatico/sets/72157594185526312/).\n\nHere are some of his Berlin subway conversions:\n\n![red retro - berlin wedding](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/red-retro-berlin-wedding.jpg\u003e)\n\nred retro - berlin wedding Red Retro \u0026 Berlin Subway Stations\n\n\nInfo via [www.ekosystem.org](http://www.ekosystem.org/?permalink=6312).\n","tags":["Typography","Berlin","Subway Art"],"title":"Red Retro \u0026 Berlin Subway Stations","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/red-retro-berlin-subway-stations/"}