On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a huge art installation hovers over Berlin, Visions in Motion. It consists of the people’s wishes, hopes and thoughts about the end of the division of Germany.
30,000 of the flutter tapes are labeled with messages – people from all over the world were able to formulate their feelings, opinions, wishes, hopes for the division of Germany within Germany. In the week in which the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is celebrated in the capital, her thoughts now float over Berlin.
It took six months to get the messages to the kinetic Skynet, which is now blowing across the Strait of June 17th. A kinetic Skynet is made of ultra-light material that reproduces the natural movements of the wind. The art installation was the brainchild of Los Angeles-based artist Patrick Shearn. He has already installed similar kinetic sculptures in various places around the world. According to Monopol magazine , the swarming behavior of fish and birds inspired him to create the gently rustling installation.
With his art, Shearn wants to stimulate thought, as he told Tagesspiegel : “If we all knew each other better, then we wouldn’t cause each other so much suffering.” The Visions in Motion project aims to address the different opinions, wishes and hopes of Make people visible. The installation will be hanging on Strasse des 17. Juni until November 10th. In the anniversary week of the fall of the Berlin Wall, more than a hundred events will take place at seven original locations of the Peaceful Revolution.