Iron Curtain - an English-Deutsches-Demokratisches Happening

Adrian Palka; Simon  Miles

Iron Curtain - an English-Deutsches-Demokratisches Happening

Adrian Palka (Director), Simon Miles (Artist)

Faculty Research Centre for Dance Research (CDaRE)

Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Performance

Abstract

A series of annual events in the Museum of Youth Opposition in Berlin to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall. The event took place in the Galilaa Church which was renowned as a location for punks to oppose the GDR dictatorship. The event drew on the notion of sound, memory and opposition. The event utilise the musical sculpture, the Steel Cello as a form of metaphorical Iron Curtain. Its all encompassing sound and archaic form acted as a touchstone for the sense of passing time that the event marked. The documentation submitted covers events # 1(2014) and #3 (2017).

Original language	English
Media of output	Online
Publication status	Published - Nov 2015

Bibliographical note

A 24 hour reminiscence event and performance devised by Adrian Palka of CSAD and held in collaboration with the Museum fuer[jugend]widerstand (Museum of Opposition) in the Galilaa Kirche , Berlin on 9 November 2015 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Part of series: Iron Curtain ibook

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Adrian Palka
- Faculty Research Centre for Dance Research (CDaRE) - Associate
- School of Media and Performing Arts - Assistant Professor Academic
Person: Doctorate Student, Teaching and Research

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