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Banksy Berlin Wall, by ackeeandsaltfish on Aug 30, 2018 13:36:47 GMT 1, Artists to Resurrect Berlin Wall for Epic Film-Art Installation
The mysterious project, which has signed up Marina Abramoviฤ and Massive Attack, Banksy, Brian Eno and will create a โcity within a cityโ.
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frieze.com/article/artists-resurrect-berlin-wall-epic-film-art-installation
More details have been released of the Berlin Wall set to be โrebuiltโ as part of an epic film-art installation set in the German capital, which looks to trigger debate around issues of surveillance, co-existence and nationalism. Led by Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky, the experience will seek to create a โcity within a cityโ โ it will include the premiere of Khrzhanovskyโs mysterious DAU film project, and has also signed up performance icon Marina Abramoviฤ, street artist Banksy and the band Massive Attack to take part.
Organizers say that if they are granted the final go-ahead from local authorities, they will install 900 concrete slabs in the cityโs central Unter den Linden boulevard to create the immersive environment. Complete with its own entrance โvisasโ, the time-capsule installation will open on 12 October, and then be symbolically torn down on 9 November โ marking the anniversary of the Wallโs fall in 1989.
The temporary resurrection of the Berlin Wall will be hosted by arts festival Berliner Festspiele. Although organizers have variously described the project as โa special experiential spaceโ, a โhistorical echo chamberโ, and โthe impression of a journey in a foreign countryโ, they have been keen to stress that they are aware of its sensitivity. Festival director Thomas Oberender said that the experience would not be โa Disney GDRโ but instead โa mixture of social experiment, artistic experiment and [โฆ] an impressive form of world-building.โ
Nevertheless, the project is not without its detractors, who have called it out as disrespectful. Green party politician Sabina Bangert told Tagesspiegel Daily: โOut of respect for the victims who really experienced such situations, we should step away from this.โ However the countryโs minister of culture Monika Gruetters has said that she is โabsolutely convinced this will be a world eventโ.
Khrzhanovsky has gained a cultish following for his mysterious DAU project (2005โongoing), the bulk of which was recorded on a specially made set in the city of Kharkov, Ukraine between 2009 and 20011. The filmmaker recreated a Stalinist society, with participants spending two years in an artificial city โ 14 children are said to have been conceived on set, which was eventually destroyed by neo-Nazis hired by the director. Hundreds of hours of footage were collected, but it has not yet been screened โ the results are set to be shown for the first time as part of the Berlin installation. You can view the trailer here.
Artists to Resurrect Berlin Wall for Epic Film-Art Installation The mysterious project, which has signed up Marina Abramoviฤ and Massive Attack, Banksy, Brian Eno and will create a โcity within a cityโ. www.dau.xxx register for entry frieze.com/article/artists-resurrect-berlin-wall-epic-film-art-installationMore details have been released of the Berlin Wall set to be โrebuiltโ as part of an epic film-art installation set in the German capital, which looks to trigger debate around issues of surveillance, co-existence and nationalism. Led by Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky, the experience will seek to create a โcity within a cityโ โ it will include the premiere of Khrzhanovskyโs mysterious DAU film project, and has also signed up performance icon Marina Abramoviฤ, street artist Banksy and the band Massive Attack to take part. Organizers say that if they are granted the final go-ahead from local authorities, they will install 900 concrete slabs in the cityโs central Unter den Linden boulevard to create the immersive environment. Complete with its own entrance โvisasโ, the time-capsule installation will open on 12 October, and then be symbolically torn down on 9 November โ marking the anniversary of the Wallโs fall in 1989. The temporary resurrection of the Berlin Wall will be hosted by arts festival Berliner Festspiele. Although organizers have variously described the project as โa special experiential spaceโ, a โhistorical echo chamberโ, and โthe impression of a journey in a foreign countryโ, they have been keen to stress that they are aware of its sensitivity. Festival director Thomas Oberender said that the experience would not be โa Disney GDRโ but instead โa mixture of social experiment, artistic experiment and [โฆ] an impressive form of world-building.โ Nevertheless, the project is not without its detractors, who have called it out as disrespectful. Green party politician Sabina Bangert told Tagesspiegel Daily: โOut of respect for the victims who really experienced such situations, we should step away from this.โ However the countryโs minister of culture Monika Gruetters has said that she is โabsolutely convinced this will be a world eventโ. Khrzhanovsky has gained a cultish following for his mysterious DAU project (2005โongoing), the bulk of which was recorded on a specially made set in the city of Kharkov, Ukraine between 2009 and 20011. The filmmaker recreated a Stalinist society, with participants spending two years in an artificial city โ 14 children are said to have been conceived on set, which was eventually destroyed by neo-Nazis hired by the director. Hundreds of hours of footage were collected, but it has not yet been screened โ the results are set to be shown for the first time as part of the Berlin installation. You can view the trailer here.
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Banksy Berlin Wall, by kjg on Sept 4, 2018 12:56:49 GMT 1, I am planning to go on the 9th of November, when the Wall is broken down.
I am planning to go on the 9th of November, when the Wall is broken down.
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