’89 Blickwinkel
2022
The project ’89-Blickwinkel’ is a site-specific projection that shows personal perspectives on the political events of 1989 and brings them into the public space.
To mark the 35th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution in Leipzig, various artistic works were realised along the demonstration route of 9 October 1989 along the entire inner city ring road.
‘89-Blickwinkel creates a place at Leipzig Central Station where personal perspectives on the political events of 1989 are exchanged. In this context, the façade of Leipzig Central Station (east side) is the scene of a public discourse. For the realization, Leipzig citizens and contemporary witnesses were interviewed about the events of 1989 and the accompanying changes. The collage of video interviews was supplemented by subtle atmospheric animations and sounds and combined to create a site-specific projection. ’89-Blickwinkel is deliberately not a projection mapping in the classic sense, but a participatory video installation in public space that is intended to stimulate discourse on social and cultural issues in connection with the revolution of 1989 and Leipzig.
Credits:
Created by Xenorama
(Marcel Bückner, Tim Heinze, Richard Oeckel, Lorenz Potthast, Moritz Richartz)
Interviews: Lea Rebecca Minow
Animation Support: Friedrich-Wohlrab
Helping Hands: Naz Yigiter, Lucas Nützel
Technical Partner: Big Cinema Leipzig