The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Goethe Institute 1 segment As in other countries too, the Goethe Institute is involved in the building of a Berlin Wall monument in Greece, more exactly in Thessaloniki. In 2015 it was set up in the institute’s garden – as a sign of gaining freedom together. Before the segment of the Berlin Wall […]
Location: premises at the harbour 2 large pieces Remex, a Duesseldorf based recycling firm, was involved in the demolition of the Berlin Wall. Beside two other firms, they were contracted by the German Ministry of Denfense. To commemorate this historic task, Remex took some segments home and stored them in its headquarter in Recklinghausen. Out […]
Location: in the garden of Gentil House, artist’s villa 1 segment The Aschaffenburg painter Siegfried Rischar (1924-2009) worked and lived in this studio house in the Grünewaldstraße until his death. Siegfried Rischar, awarded with the Culture Prize of the City of Aschaffenburg, was a member of the Darmstadt Secession, an association founded by artists of […]
Location: Ampere, Simonsstraat 1 segment The Ampere is a trendy techno club below the railway tracks close to Antwerp central station. But the Ampere is as well a sustainable event space with a mix of good music and eco-friendly initiatives by night and creative workshops and cultural events by day.In September 2015 a Berlin Wall […]
Location: central station, temporarily in 2015 3 segments Walls between nations, cultures and in people’s minds: the artists collective 3Steps from Giessen makes real walls visible in order to bring them down. Three segments of the Berlin Wall were used in summer/autumn 2015 as a canvas for 3Steps’ acitivities, temporary art installations and performances. Giessen […]