In the organizer's words:
Loved, hated, admired and disappeared: Where the Humboldt Forum is located today, the Palace of the Republic once stood. 35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the CyberRäuber are opening their "Palace of Memories" on the east façade of the Humboldt Forum to all visitors to the Festival of Lights.
Celebrating Freedom: On October 7, 1989, the leaders of the GDR celebrated the 40th anniversary of the workers' and peasants' state with international guests in the Palace of the Republic. On the other side of the Spree, many citizens protested and demanded more freedom. On August 23, 1990, the first and last freely elected parliament of the GDR passed a resolution in the Volkskammer hall of the palace to "accede to the scope of the Basic Law", in other words to restore German unity. A short time later, the palace was closed due to asbestos contamination and demolished in 2006.
The Palace of the Republic will reappear for the Festival of Lights 2024 - as video art on the east façade of the Humboldt Forum, which has been open on the site of the Palace of the Republic since 2021. The façade opens onto images of a palace, but did it really look like this? What shape was the glass flower in the foyer? How many green plants grew around the columns? Where did the famous globe lights hang? And who celebrated in the Great Hall?
The projection "Palace of Remembrance" by the media artist duo CyberRäuber is best experienced from the very meadow on the Spree where the citizens protested 35 years ago. It is an extension of the mixed reality experience, which will run until February 2025 alongside the exhibition Hin und Weg. The Palace of the Republic is Present at the Humboldt Forum until February 2025.
Participants
As CyberRäuber, Marcel Karnapke and Björn Lengers have been working together on art in digital space since 2016. With a "probably unique mixture of affinity for technology, pioneering spirit, pragmatism and love of theater" (Theater der Zeit), they create productions, projects and, for the first time, a permanent installation with the "Palace of Memory", which is driven by a great curiosity about the creative possibilities of technology and is shown in galleries, city theaters, at international festivals and museums.
- free of charge
- no ticket required
- Location: East façade
- Belongs to: Palace of Remembrance, Transform yourselves, There and gone. The Palace of the Republic is the present
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