Berlin STUDY TRIP 20th to 23rd Feb 2013

Instructions: Please read this very carefully:

1. To secure a place on the study trip you need to forward by email your name exactly as it is written on your passport to your programme leader. Deadline: Friday 2nd November 2012. 2. To secure a place on the study trip you need to pass a cheque, made payable to StudyLink For the sum of 295 in an envelop to your programme leader. Deadline: Friday 2nd November 2012. Before you commit you need to read the following information very carefully: You are required to complete all the information requirements listed on the accompanying sheets and meet the scheduled deadlines! You are required to complete the attached Travel Information forms And Contact information form and forward these by email to your programme leader Deadline: Friday 2nd November 2012. You are also required to complete the attached Health and Safety form which you need to sign and date and this must be Handed to your programme leader Deadline: Friday 2nd November 2012.

Study trip Information:

Tour Operator StudyLink Dates of Travel Outward : Wednesday 20/02/2013 Luton Airport 07.10am LTN-SXF Return: Saturday 23/02/2013 Berlin Shoenefeld 10.30pam SXF-LTN Cost: 295 The quoted price is inclusive of travel flight, bed and breakfast. (Shared rooms 3-4 students bunk beds) 4 days 3 nights Bed and Breakfast Accommodation: Meininger Hotel Berlin Central Station This is really a very pleasant clean new Hostel with great facilities and as its name states

completely central for easy travel round the city. Accommodation Note There will be an additional cost should you wish to book either a single or double room. Twin Room Supplement 10 per paying person per night : 3 nights 30 Single Room Supplement 20 per paying person per night : 3 nights 60 If you wish to secure a double room with a fellow students please write a cheque for 325 each. If you wish to secure a single room please write a cheque for 355. Additional Expenses for you to consider: The Tour company offers travel insurance for an additional 6.50 If you wish to have their insurance cover please add 6.50 to your cheque Travel to and from Luton Airport aprox 20 (we will book a coach to and from UH) City travel in Berlin aprox 30 Meals and subsistence 70 Museum entrance 20 (most are free entry)

Important Travel Documentation ( essential that you understand !)

You will need a valid Passport with 6 months left on it from the date of travel Check that your passport is valid!!! You may need to order another passport and this will take 3 weeks. You will also need an up to date European Health Insurance Card (no cost) which ensures that you will get any necessary medical treatment. You get this by going on the internet. See Government site: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-livingabroad/staying-safe/travel-insurance/ehic

If you do not have a EU (European Union) passport

You will need to apply for a VISA and this is done through the German Embassy Web Site. This will need to be done well in advance of travel (6weeks)

Travel Information form

Passport information: It is absolutely essential that your passport is valid and that you enter your name and information exactly as it is written in your passport. Any minor deviation or omission will result in you being disallowed from passing through customs or flight check in!! Any non UK EU citizens will need to acquire a VISA via the German Embassy Web site. We cannot process your travel arrangements unless you complete all the required information below Passport Name: Passport Number: Country of Issue: Date of issue: Expiry Date: Nationality: Town of Birth: Date of Birth: Gender: Age at date of travel:

Health and Safety Agreement form

For reasons of personal health and safety and out of consideration for fellow students and guests I agree to abide by the conditions the Tour operator, Hotel and University Tutors stipulate for this trip. I have read, understand and agree to abide by the Health and Safety requirements for the study trip. (please read and retain the Health and Safety Advice below)

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Contact information form

Surname: First Name: UH Student Number: Programme: Level 4 5 6 7 Term time address: UH Email: Home Address: Telephone: Mobile:

Emergency Contact Person:

Contact Person tel. Number:

Medical Needs: (it is important that you inform us of any medical need/condition that may affect you e.g.Heart condition, Diabetes, Asthma, Nut Allergy etc.

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University of Hertfordshire Faculty for the Creative and Cultural Industries Department of Art and Design B A (Hons) Fine Art Programme

Berlin Trip Risk Assessment and Advice

Please read this risk assessment carefully, acting on advice.
Before you engage in the study trip it is essential that you carefully consider the possible risks involved. As adults over 18 you are personally responsible for yourselves. We will advise you and provide you with an itinerary recommending that you accompany staff to optimise safety. Please be aware that police and officials have low tolerance for foreign visitors anti social behaviour including over drinking and in particular drugs use. You are strongly advised to avoid any areas which are not on the Itinerary and to restrict your socialising to cafes in the area of the hostel or in areas recommended by staff. Identified hazards you should be aware of specific to undertaking a study trip Hazards Health problems Actions to be taken to limit risk It is your responsibility to inform the organiser of any known Health problems that may be exacerbated by travel. i.e. asthma, allergies etc. please ensure you have adequate medication. Be aware of traffic on right hand side of road. Do not distract each other in conversation when crossing roads as it is very easy to look the wrong way and walk into oncoming traffic. Avoid being jostled by crowd, stand clear of the platform edge. Carry a street and train line map, ensure you have a valid ticket. There is one journey per ticket. While it is easy to think you can cheat the system by re-using a ticket there are many spot checks and automatic fines if your ticket is invalid. Carry personal identity, student card and EuropeanHealth Insurance card. to be presented to a hospital in case of accident or injury, Carry contact name and phone number of group Organiser Carry accommodation hostel address and contact number Other members of the group to inform group organizer of any incident. Follow boarding and disembarkation instructions and stay with the group. Do not travel alone in unfamiliar areas. Keep to the advised itinerary, Travel with your group in known company.

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Boarding plane Travelling alone Is to be avoided

Late night travel and socializing

Avoid placing yourself at risk by traveling alone or socializing with strangers in unfamiliar surroundings. Do not go to night clubs, accept drinks from strangers or leave your drink unattended. Avoid excessive drink as this increases risk of accident and attack. Evening meals: travel as a group, Inform the organizer of your intended venue and your intended time of return.

Please do not return to the hostel later than 12.00 midnight. There is a very pleasant bar in the hostel for your use till late. Please keep the conversation noise level low in the bedrooms. Theft Make sure you have a case, travel bag that can be securely locked. Do not travel alone or late at night, keep to the itinerary routes. Professional thieves and pickpockets look to tourists as easy targets. Be aware on the underground and tourist areas. Do not carry unnecessary valuables, such as passport, expensive jewellery. Equipment, such as cameras are best carried in an ordinary shoulder bag rather than in a specialist camera bag which calls attention to the camera. Keep your bags close to you. Backpacks are easy targets for theft of valuables. In the event of a bag snatch do not attempt to fight an assailant as this may endanger you, they may be carrying and willing to use a knife. In the event of a theft inform the group leader and report the theft at the nearest police station. Fire Drink Do not smoke or light candles in bedrooms. Accommodation in the hostel is on condition of not bringing alcohol onto the premises No more than specified number in lift, do not tamper with doors, avoid the use

Lifts Balconies, Banisters Windows Electrical sockets Glass Panes Slippage Seatbelts Staff Emergency Contact numbers Hotel Name Address

Do not lean over/out or climb balconies, banisters, windows either on the train metro or hotel. You are asked not use electrical sockets in bathrooms Be aware of clear glass doors Wear sensible shoes and clothes, do not rush on slippery floors Please use them when available

Organiser Michael Wright 0044 7939 104 682 Meininger Hotel Berlin Central Station Elle-Trebbe Strasse 9 10557 Berlin Germany 00 49 30 66636100 00 49 30 66636222 welcome@meininger-hotels.com

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Travel check list Please use this check list to ensure that you have all you need to travel Passport E111 form Mobile phone and charger Study trip information contact numbers and addresses Itinerary Map Phrase book Money Euros Cash Credit card Card details Camera and charger Adaptors Warm clothing Comfortable walking shoes Padlock for case Medication Towel Flannel

Provisional Berlin Itinerary This Itinerary will be subject to alteration dependent on what exhibitions are on and which course you are on:

Below is a list of recommended places to visit. Please research these on the WEB We recommend you purchase a Berlin Welcome Card (three days, 25-30) for unlimited travel on public transport. The card can also be used for discounts on tickets for museums and sightseeing attractions. Purchased in the S-Bahn ticket offices and many hotels and BTM tourist information centres. Fast train network S-Bahn Underground U-Bahn You will need a good map of Berlin, guide book, camera and sketchbook & pen etc. During this week there is a major Berlin Film Festival will be of interest to some of the group. Please research on the Web. Wednesday Museumsinsel is a treasury of antique architecture. An amazing complex of museums built like many temples to the grandeur of Prussia (1830-1930). The Pergamon, Altes Museum and Alte Nationalgalerie are now home to the reunified collections. The Pergamonmuseum is one of the most important museums of ancient art and architecture in the world. The colossal Pergamon Altar, dating from the year 160 BC, is the largest and most important treasure of the Berlin museums. The Museumsinsel and the collection of Antiquities Pergamon museum and Altes Museum Museumsinsel, Bodestr. 1-3 (entrance Am Kupfergraben) Main entrance: Bodestrabe 1-3 U to Alexanderplatz or S to Hackescher Markt Around the area Mitte, are non-commercial and commercial galleries: Deutsche Guggenheim Unter den Linden 13-15 (entrance free) Contemporary central space. Judische Galerie Berlin Orienburger Strabe 31 Galerie Inga Kondeyne Hackesche Hofe, Rosenthaler Strabe 40-41 (Berlin artists) Galerie Leo Coppi - Hackesche Hofe, Rosenthaler Strabe 40-41 Galerie Icon Veteranen Strabe 22 Thursday Major Contemporary Photographic gallery CO-BERLIN Exhibitions Postfuhramt Oranienburger Strae 35/36 10117 Berlin Phone +49.30.28 09 19 25 info@co-berlin.com Opening hours daily 11 am to 8 pm Admission 10 Euro /reduced 5 Euro

Groups from 8 people onwards 8 Euro / reduced 4 Euro Holocaust-Mahnmal A memorial for the six million jews assassinated in the death camps.This project by the American architect Peter Eisenman opened in 2005 after years of deliberation. The 2,700 tombstones are made of shiny black stone and somehow, the simplicity of the design makes the memorial even more moving. Bauhaus-Archive: Die neue Linie (the new line) wed-mon 10am-5pm Bauhaus at the Address: Klingelhferstrae 14, 10785 Berlin Tiergarten Unter Den Linden The famous avenue in the heart of historical Berlin (Mitte). The street runs east from Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) to Museumsinsel (Museum Island). There are many museums and galleries dotted along as well as located just off the Unter Den Linden. Neue National Galerie (The New National Gallery) Exhibition: Jannis Kounellis?. _ The classical collection. tu, wed 10am- 6pm, thu 10am10pm From Edvard Munch to Barnett Newman Masterpieces of art from the collection of the New National Gallery Address: Potsdamer Strae 50, 10785 Berlin, Tiergarten. DEUTSCHE GUGGENHEIM: Address: Unter den Linden 13/15, 10117 Berlin

Friday Recommended Sights/Galleries/Exhibitions: HAMBURGER BAHNHOF Tuesday till Friday 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m. 8 p.m. Address: Invalidenstrae 50- 51, 10557 Berlin, Germany DAIMLER CONTEMPORARY Exhibition: Minimalism and Applied Address: Haus Huth, Alte Potsdamer Strae 5, 10785 Berlin Jdisches Museum Berlin mon 10am-10pm, tue-sun 10am-8pm Home and Exile. Emigration of Jewish Germans after 1933 Between 1933 and 1945, Jewish Germans who were deriven from their homeland by the National Socialists found shelter in over eighty countries all over the world. The exhibition traces the refugees routes into exile through numerous items, documentary and feature film sequences, video interviews and excerps from radio programmes. Address: Lindenstrae 9-14, 10969 Berlin, Kreuzberg. Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin Address: Niederkirchnerstrae 7 | Corner Stresemannstr. 110 10963 Berlin The Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin is showing a multi-faceted retrospective of the work of the photographer Roswitha Hecke. Her secret views of foreign cities and countries, of unfamiliar milieus and familiar faces, reflect her secret view of the art of photography: affection for the subjects, a sense of the right angle, an ability to share feelings of amazement or amusement, and an unobtrusive proximity.

+ The From Spark to Pixel exhibition. Kathe-Kollwitz-Museum: Drawings, posters and self-portraits of the artist Kathe Kollwitz. Fasanenst 24 Neue National Galerie (The New National Gallery) The classical collection. tu, wed 10am- 6pm, thu 10am-10pm From Edvard Munch to Barnett NewmanMasterpieces of art from the collection of the New National Gallery Address: Potsdamer Strae 50, 10785 Berlin, Tiergarten, Friedrichshain the East Side Gallery (Mhlenstrasse) stretching for over 4,265 feet, its the worlds longest outdoor art gallery. In 1990, 106 artists used the East side of the Wall as a vast blank page. Akademie der Knste Pariser Platz Artworks including exhibits by John Heartfield who invented photomontage (a member of the dada movement). Brandenburger Tor (The Brandenburg Gate) Pariser Platz Built by Carl G Langhans in 1788 and modelled on the temple porticos of ancient Athens, the Gate has, since the 19th century, been the backdrop for many events in the citys turbulent history. Reichstag The Parliamentary Building. Take a walk up the winding ramp in the new Copola, designed by Sir Norman Foster, for great views of Berlin. (Note: You may have to queue).

Flea Market Berliner Antik & Flohmarkt Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse, S-Bahnbogen 190203 Mitte (street North off Unter den Linden) 11am-6pm Mon, Wed-Fri. Over 60 dealers, in renovated arches under the S-Bahn tracks, selling furniture, jewellery, paintings and vintage clothing, some of it from the 1920s and 30s.

Evening meal Clateheus Ballhaus Auguststraas 14 2829295 Weinmeisterstraas U-Bahn

www. <http://www.berlinischegalerie.de/> berlinischegalerie.de near the jewish museum. Has some interesting photographs from the Nazi era for propaganda. Also an early lizitsky room. It focuses on art in Berlin The Sony centre - near Walter Gropius. has contemporary film how the west bought the land when the Wall came down. www. <http://www.helmutnewton.com/> helmutnewton.com/ for

photography. The side of town as the neues nationalgalerie www. <http://www.tacheles.de/> tacheles.de this is in the area of Museum Insel. It's an ex sqat turned into a performance art venue, bar, studios. Good for the evening, depending what's on. www. <http://www.cfa-berlin.com/> cfa-berlin.com is a private collection of contemporary art just opposite the pergamon There are many informal cinemas. There is an area near museum insel for commercial contemporary art On the artquest web site, Berlin residency they have reports written by artist