Project
Berlin, Germany 2005
A mountain formation arises out of Schlossplatz, laden with projections and desires, loaded with symbolism. In its inaccessible sheerness it withholds any kind of use. It becomes a place of myth and legend as no one can traverse it. It is an object of collective exclusion, collective attraction and collective imagination. Time brings with it new approaches to the place. Tunnels are dug as its painstaking occupation moves slowly forwards. The site of the work is the Palast der Republik and the Schloßplatz square in the center of berlin. The Palast contained the GDR parliament "Volkskammer", a variety of cultural and entertaining programs. It was closed and started to be dismantled under the excuse of asbestos contamination. The demolition of this building is imminent. Historians, politcians, architects and feuilletonists are entangled in a discourse characterised by opposition: reconstruction of the prussian Schloß demolished in the 50s, leading to a building with a distinct form but no content or the opposite: engage in a productive discourse to experiment and test potential cultural programs, that can sustain this site.
