'Falling Walls' is an exhibition of mail art by artists and writers from all over the world responding to the theme of 'Falling Walls', as part of the 'Berliner Zeitgeist' project. This year is the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, and Britain is facing one of the biggest and most complex challenges in the country's history.
For the opening:
There will be a special performance with three movement artists, Brenda Waite, Alex Howard and Paul Guenot, who will be inhabiting, responding to and effecting the environment of the John St gallery in the context of the exhibition.
During the exhibition we will host a Soup Versammlung in the gallery where we will facilitate a discussion around one of the themes of the project.
The exhibition will take place in John Street gallery at SVA. The exhibition will then move to the Nau gallery in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire where they will also a Soup Versammlung.
The Berliner Zeitgeist is a project curated by SVA, Uta Baldauf and Atelier.
Opening Night : Friday 1st November 6-8pm
Exhibition Opening : Thursday - Saturdays 10am-3pm
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Images from ‘Falling Walls’ Mail Art show
DIE MAUER IST WEG
The Wall Is Gone
A film by Clemens Wilhelm
Clemens Wilhelm (*1980 Berlin) is an artist & filmmaker based in Berlin whose practice ranges from film/video to photography and performance. In 2017, the Berlin Wall was gone for as long as it stood. It stood for 28 years – and it fell 28 years before. DIE MAUER IST WEG documents a circular walk around the entire former Berlin Wall in the year 2017. The film consists of photographs which all follow the same conceptual composition: they show the path ahead which represents the Berlin Wall, with West-Berlin to the left and East-Berlin to the right of the image. In 160 km the film leads through the banality of the former “Death Strip”, the demarcation line between the blocks of the Cold War. The film screening was shown on Saturday 9th November in the gallery as part of the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Wall event.