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scatterheart

The Wisdom of the Berlin Wall

Apr 02, 2009 20:37

Along the Spree in Friedrichshain district a stretch of the Berlin Wall, the so-called East Side Gallery was preserved and painted by artists as a memorial. Over the years, the painting have cracked and faded, and tourists and Berliners alike have added their own little graffiti - quotes, names, greetings, the usual. I love the way that those ( Read more... )

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shiroi_chi April 2 2009, 21:22:37 UTC

"be the small bookcase" is my favorite bit of the gallery. All time favorite. WHAT. :D The restoration kind of upsets me, you know? The original paintings are beautiful and important and blah blah but I love the layers of graffiti and scribblings of so-and-so was here. Uh, your city, let me show you my opinions of it?

I love that first photo. And the last. God, I want to be there. I WANT THIS A LOT. ♥

scatterheart April 3 2009, 06:06:36 UTC

The original paintings are beautiful and important and blah blah but I love the layers of graffiti and scribblings of so-and-so was here.
Yeah, I totally agree. Of course, the new paintings will probably be written over again soon (as far as I know, they repainted it once before, in 2000), but a lot will still be lost. I'm seriously sad I didn't get there before they started on the middle part.

I wish you could be. :(

shape5 April 2 2009, 22:18:45 UTC

I think it's very sad they're tearing it down. A little funny considering I listened to the Hedwig soundtrack today on repeat, especially Tear Me Down.

scatterheart April 3 2009, 05:59:56 UTC

Oh, they're not tearing it down! Just scraping off the old paint and restoring the original murals. But all those touristy inscriptions will be lost (and replaced with new ones soon enough, probably).

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scatterheart April 3 2009, 06:07:31 UTC

It's even worse standing before it. Kind of like Postsecret in concrete.

♥

thefabone April 3 2009, 01:04:59 UTC

I totally have this Jewel-song now stuck in my head.

Pretty post.

And hey, see it this way: As soon as everything's restored, the next generation - including me - can scribble on it. It's like changing history, every twenty years.

scatterheart April 3 2009, 06:09:21 UTC

I don't even know the song, thank god. :))

And yeah, I'm sure there's going to be new ones soon. I'm just not a fan of revising history in general. The next generation could scribble over what is already there!