Day 79 - The Berlin Wall (2) - monument of freedom and art

In Berlin remains of the wall cannot only be seen at the East Side Gallery.

Remains of the wall can also be seen at Checkpoint Charlie and the Potsdamer Platz.
At the Potsdamer Platz the remains are covered with graffiti which turns them in
'art' pieces.

Underneath two photos I took myself at the Potsdamer Platz.

Remains of the Berlin Wall - © 2VORM

Remains of the Berlin Wall - © 2VORM

Day 78 - The Berlin Wall: East Side Gallery

The Berlin Wall was the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989. It was also a symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. 

Memories of the Wall, however, are still very much alive. The most famous part is the East Side Gallery, 
an international memorial for freedom. The gallery consists of 105 paintings form artists from all over the world. 

Part of the East Side Gallery has to be removed to make way to a new bridge and a luxury block of flats. Hundreds of people protest against the demolition work an dhop that the Gallery can be saved...

East Side Gallery - Photo © 2VORM

East Side Gallery -  Photo © 2VORM

Day 76 - Exhibition Big Air Package by Christo (Oberhausen, Germany)

Since yesterday the project "Big Air Package" is on view at the Gasometer Oberhausen (Germany).

Big Air Package is the largest ever inflated envelope without a skeleton.

Christo used 20,350 squared meters of semitransparant white fabric and 4,500 meter of rope for this installation. The inflated envelope is 90 meters high and has a diameter of 50 meters.

Big Air Package can be experienced form the inside and the outside. When entering the envelope lastThursday, Christo himself called it a 'Shower of Light'.

The installation can be visited until December 30, 2013.

Via http://christojeanneclaude.net/press/big-air-package

Vi a http://christojeanneclaude.net/press/big-air-package

Via http://christojeanneclaude.net/press/big-air-package

Via http://christojeanneclaude.net/press/big-air-package