WALL OF SOUND | PROJECTION SCREEN
Music video program for the 50^th anniversary of the erection of the
Berlin Wall
Especially (but not only) in the last decade of its existence, the
Berlin Wall served as a popular location for music clips and musical
performances. Both experimental films and mainstream promo videos used
the (mostly Western side of the) inter-German border to convey the twin
Cold War emotions of excitement and fear; as a colorful,
graffitti-covered backdrop; as a conceptionally projection screen (both
figuratively and literally) but also as the starting ramp for pop
musical missiles to "liberate" those on the other side.
The gaze from the Eastern side was usually directed at other landmarks
in the city center, if the Brandenburg Gate happened to get in the
frame, the nearby "Anti Fascist Bullwark" was carefully concealed.
The Wall's opening and eventual dismantling were both conditions for and
symbols of hope and new possibilities. Berlin, German and international
music acts shot clips in hip, commie-retro chic post-1990 Berlin, their
videos often referencing the headspinning political developments.
To this day, the area where the Wall once stood still is center stage -
be it tourist attractions and recreational spaces like East side Gallery
or Mauerpark or the temporary autonomous zones the Fall of the Wall
openend and which are being closed by increasing commercialisation of
public space.
With films and videos by Die Tödliche Doris, Rio Reiser, Depeche Mode,
Silly, Günther Fischer, U2, Fler and others.
Wolfgang Müller, erstwhile member of avantgarde music, art, performance
and film collective Die Tödliche Doris, will give the audience a guided
visit to Potsdamer Platz, where his film "Naturkatastrophenballet" was
shot in 1983.
Installation works "Berlin Off/On Wall" by Wieland Speck and "Die Narbe"
("The Scar"), director: Burkhard von Harder, music by FM Einheit and
Klaus Wiese (ex-Popol Vuh) will be presented in the Red Lobby of the
Arsenal.
*"The Scar" and other films related to the Wall will be available as
video on demand at www.realeyz.tv* *starting on August 11th.*
/Date: /
/Saturday, August 13, 2011, 7:30 p.m./
/Kino Arsenal/
/Potsdamer Straße 2/
/10785 Berlin/
/Tickets: EUR 6,50 /
*Video on demand. www.realeyz.tv*
Press inquiries:
EYZ Media
Natalie Gravenor
grave...@eyzmedia.de
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