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At the Brandenburg Gate, an open-air installation on 18 March Square and an open-air exhibition titled “Views of the Wall: Berlin 1961–1990” will be unveiled during a press event.
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At the Brandenburg Gate, an open-air installation on Platz des 18. März and an open-air exhibition titled “Mauerblicke. Berlin 1961–1990” will be unveiled during a press event. The 30-meter-long installation, which commemorates the former border fortifications, appears either transparent or impenetrable depending on the viewing angle, due to the material used.
To mark the 65th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, a diverse program of exhibitions, concerts and guided tours commemorates the division of Berlin.
The focus is on a temporary memorial site at the Brandenburg Gate featuring an open-air exhibition and a 30-meter-long installation. The program also includes guided tours, film screenings, readings and discussions with eyewitnesses. Visitors can experience different perspectives on the division of Germany and its consequences.
At the center of the memorial site at the Brandenburg Gate stands an installation approximately 30 meters long and three meters high that commemorates the Berlin Wall. It is complemented by the open-air exhibition “Mauerblicke. Berlin 1961–1990,” which documents everyday life in the divided city. The program begins on Thursday with, among other things, discussions about the construction of the Wall and concerts by Masha Qrella and hackedepicciotto. On Friday, there will be discussions about tunnel escapes and the exodus of 1989, as well as concerts by the Jo Ambros Revolution Trio. On Saturday, the installation and exhibition at the Brandenburg Gate will be closed due to Rave The Planet. The event concludes on Sunday with discussions about childhood memories of the Wall and art in the GDR, readings from the biographies of those who lost their lives at the Berlin Wall, and a concert by Katharina Kollmann and the KulturMarktHalle choir.
Even beyond the Brandenburg Gate, numerous events throughout Berlin invite people to explore the history of Germany's division. One of the highlights is the main commemorative event at the Berlin Wall Memorial. The program is complemented by the Asisi Panorama, a guided tour through a historic escape tunnel at Berliner Unterwelten Museum, as well as the reading "Mauerpogo" about queerness, punk and resistance in the GDR.
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