NEWS | Germany
■ An idea on how Kulturprojekte Berlin wants to make history taking place at Alexanderplatz available to the visitors and spectators ■ So in etwa plant Kulturprojekte Berlin die Geschichte noch einmal greifbar zu machen für die Besucher - hier am Alexanderplatz.
■ “Mauerspechte“ after the fall of the Berlin Wall November 1989 ■ „Mauerspechte“ nach dem Berliner Mauerfall November 1989
■ Potsdamer Platz
COMMEMORATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF A PEACEFUL REVOLUTION A CITY CELEBRATES
locations they took place to make the historic events even more accessible to visitors.
How Berlin recreates the history of the Fall of the Berlin Wall for its residents and visitors
Discussions, movies, and readings will be among many other events held in the city. This way the organizers want to make sure that every visitor can participate or simply watch and listen depending on what they are looking for.
Berlin, the formerly divided capital of Germany, is going to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the peaceful revolution that evidently led to the Fall of the Berlin Wall, with a seven day recreation of historic events. Over 100 different events will be offered during a seven day period taking place at seven historically significant locations throughout the city. The press release by organizer Kulturprojekte Berlin explains that the events will take place November 4th-10th and will offer a diverse mix of art installations, exhibitions and other events that will recreate the “Route of Revolution”.
But not only movies will help recreate the events , music will also play a big part in this year‘s celebration, especially music that was meaningful for the revolution as well as representing the new beginning for the now reunited city. Even though no specific names were released yet, Kulturprojekte Berlin promised that nationally and internationally well known artists will be performing on stages all over the city. Does that mean we can look forward to another performance of David Hasselhoff at the Brandenburg Gate? Well, it seems like we will have to wait and see about that one.
At this anniversary the organizers want to highlight the people leading the revolution. Working with contemporary activists and witnesses, they will share how they experienced the time around 1989/90 and hopefully give visitors a chance to get a feeling for the time. Movies and pictures will be shown at historically relevant places like Bornholmer Straße, where the first people crossed the checkpoint on November 9th or at Alexanderplatz where people protested against the Socialist Unity Party (SED) on November 4th 1989. The focus this year will be to recreate events at the original
The big finale will be on November 9th, of course. The „highlight“ according to the press release of the organizer Kulturprojekte Berlin will be a big music festival held throughout the entire city. At the end - no specific time known as of yet - all artists will perform the same song as a musical reunification of the city 30 years later. It is yet to be announced which song will get the honor to represent this year‘s reunification celebration.
8 | HEIMAT abroad | FALL 2019
Ramona McEvoy
