Berlin

Air Condition

location: 
ca. 15 km walk from the watchtower in Schlesischer Busch (Museum der Verbotenen Kunst) along the former border of the Berlin Wall watchtower at Kieler Straße 2 at Invalidenfriedhof.
date: 
1999 
material:
fluorescent green gaffertape (2 inch),
balloons, plastic bags, box, hand cart, safety-pin, fishing line, nails, hammer, cutter, fluorescent green wig, green shoes, green blouse
photographer:
Karin Desmarowitz

I „rebuild“ the wall out of light materials. It appears to be suspended space: Every fifty meters I fix a plastic bag with fluorescent green tape on the floor. Above there is a balloon fixed with fishingline. From the ground under the sculpture I place some of the earth in a tiny plastic bag, fixed to my trousers. The wall becomes visible again; as it becomes lighter – I become heavier.