Dare I say I'm looking forward to February? Berlin does its best to cheer everybody up in that short dark month, perhaps as a reward for getting through January. Not only do we have the public-friendly Berlinale, an international film festival where normal people can actually get tickets - there's also Transmediale and Club Transmediale to further brighten our days and nights. These exciting twin festivals for digital art and culture and adventurous music take place February 1-6.

Check out Club Transmediale's opening show with Morton Subotnick, intermedia artist, electronic music pioneer and developer of one of the world's first modular analogue synthesizers, with an all new piece in collaboration with Berlin video artist Lillevan. Berlin darlings Modeselektor also perform, and there's various club nights at Berghain or Maria. The main exhibiton of the art festival Transmediale, an "annual festival concerning the role of digital technologies in contemporary society," is on display at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, within walking distance of the Miniloft apartments.

Club Transmediale, Transmediale
Club Transmediale: various venues; Transmediale: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, Tiergarten
Feb 1-6, 2011