Week 3 – no comment
But more captions
Posts tagged ‘Berlin’
Week 2 – no comment
But perhaps a few captions
Berlin’s Hamburger Bhf: no trains, only transition
Above: Appearing in Raleway font is the additional line: This is not a train station.”
There is no meat or bread here.
There are also no trains here. No longer.
There is only art, and in this instance, there is a contemporary art piece that’s a historical nod.
The artwork “Transition” (2009–present) by Polish artist Robert Kuśmirowski is housed in the Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, a museum of late-20th and 21st-century art in the German capital city of Berlin. Kuśmirowski’s piece refers to the building’s past and its present. “Transition” is a part of the ensemble “Unendliche Ausstellung” (Eternal Exhibition”) on permanent display throughout the Hamburger Bahnhof gallery-museum.
My Berlin: The Parliament of Trees
Above: “Parlament der Bäume gegen Krieg und Gewalt.”
In Berlin’s government district is a patch of ground – a garden, really, with tall trees and a place that’s easy to overlook. The official name is “Parlament der Bäume gegen Krieg und Gewalt” (Parliament of Trees Against War and Violence), begun by artist Ben Wagin in 1990.
Wagin (1930–2021) began planting trees on land where the former Berlin Wall used to run near the historic Reichstag government building, as authorities began dismantling the physical wall. What remains of Wagin’s experiment is a piece of ground that acts as both memorial to what the Wall represented and fractured, and an aspiration for both modern Germany and Europe.
Of the many trees in this space, 16 of them represent the 16 modern federal states of Germany. There are also slabs of granite on which are engraved the names of the victims of the Wall. The “back” wall is painted with murals and messages, and in between are little paths and flower beds. I think Wagin also wants to remind us that in many parts in Berlin and throughout Germany, the former Wall dividing the city and the two former nations, respectively, have been reclaimed by nature.
25 for 25: fotoeins fotos in 2025
Above/featured: “Göttin” (goddess), by AlfAlfA, also known as Nicolás Sánchez, for One Wall 2017. Photo, 17 Jun 2025 (P15).
In continuation of high spirits and enthusiastic support of leading choices, I’m very grateful to significant time spent:
- in the Bay Area, to visit mum’s family in Sacramento and long-time friends in the South Bay;
- in Vienna for the 4th consecutive summer; and
- in Berlin for the 1st time in 4 years, as set up for a repeat in the new year.
Fotoeins Fotografie 