When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, artists, punks, anarchists, squatters, visionaries, and oddballs discovered the no man’s land behind it a practically lawless zone in the heart of the city. The compelling photography in Berlin Wonderland brings this almost forgotten era back to life and shows just how much the city has changed since then.
The photographers Ben de Biel, Hendrik Rauch, Philipp von Recklinghausen, Stefan Schilling, Hilmar Schmundt, Andreas Trogisch and Rolf Zöllner were part of this process, and with their works they form the dynamics of change and this unique time of upheaval, resistance and new order.
The exhibition Berlin Wonderland is a project of the two curators Anke Fesel and Chris Keller. They both came to Berlin in 1990 and right from the start were active in various projects like Tacheles, IM Eimer, Schokoladen and Synlabor. Anke Fesel is a designer and operates the graphic office capa, Chris Keller is a musician and freelance photographer. In 2007, they founded the photo agency bobsairport and self-published the photobook »Berlin Wonderland – Wild Years Revisited« that is now already available in the third edition. In 2017, a second book called »Berlin Heartbeats« was published by Suhrkamp Verlag. The books feature photographs by Ben de Biel, Ute Mahler, Harald Hauswald, Rolf Zöllner, Philip von Recklinghausen, Hendrik Rauch and Sven Marquard among others.
The exhibition will take place from the November 8 till December 27, 2019 at the Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland. The striking photography in Berlin Wonderland is supplemented by interviews and quotes from those who shaped this subculture. The exhibit is presented by the Goethe-Institut San Francisco and the German Consulate General San Francisco together with Pro Arts Gallery. More
Location: PRO ARTS GALLERY, 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland
Date and Time: Fri, 11/08/2019 – Fri, 12/27/2019, Thursday through Saturday from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Language: English
Price: Admission free
Fore more information please call +1 415 2638760 or email info-sanfrancisco@goethe.de.
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