In this installation, Dominique Hurth reconstructs and intertwines historical moments of the IG Metall building built by E. Mendelsohn in Berlin, 1929. Focusing her attention and making on a replica of the handrail from the building’s staircase (using the
dynamics and diametre from the same staircase), this piece thematises archival gaps on the building’s occupation and the
union’s ban on May 2nd 1933, as well as material tension and object biography.
The title originates from a letter written by Mendelsohn to his wife, describing the Berlin’s sky early January 1933, that can also be seen as a metaphor to the political situation that led to professional ban, persecution and eventually emigration.
The title originates from a letter written by Mendelsohn to his wife, describing the Berlin’s sky early January 1933, that can also be seen as a metaphor to the political situation that led to professional ban, persecution and eventually emigration.
denn hier ist es grau zu grau
(Because here it is grey to grey)
2019
print on fabric, iron, steel, brass, concrete
dimension variable
Installation views: IG Metall, Berlin within the exhibition “the cloud continues and the spot diminishes without the hint of a glow”
(Because here it is grey to grey)
2019
print on fabric, iron, steel, brass, concrete
dimension variable
Installation views: IG Metall, Berlin within the exhibition “the cloud continues and the spot diminishes without the hint of a glow”
