City where there is huge Contestation over spaces (what they should be; who owns them;) … people make their marks on walls and live in spaces which others think do not belong to them.
Not everyone is happy with capitalism or that the wall came down. There is sadness and trauma.
But such things bring out creativity- mark making on the city walls reflects some of the characters who use the space
(Art can be transformative; people in the city interact with Art in different ways)
This is Tacheles which was a department store and is now a squat:
Backside:
I loved these pictures. I was fascinated by the sadness in Estonia, which you can also see in Easter Berlin, which came from years of communist rule.
Not so much Graffitti in Estonia though.
And all these collective farms.
Comment by kate — September 1, 2006 @ 2:43 pm