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Marx-Engels-Forum

Karl and Friedrich sitting and waiting.
Marx and Engels, those two.
Unseparable, here at least.
And back then, in East Berlin.
Chuckling pupils pointing stealthily
At the rigid faces.
Almost no reverence for the rigid ideals.
Background image for school trips.
Even today – husks of history,
Doomed to be a motif of photos,
As proof: “We were here!”
Once upon in the east. And today?
Can you still see us standing there
With the red neckerchief?
If only we could learn to see them with new eyes.
With a wink and the certainty of history:
All is connected.
 

Karl and Friedrich sitting and waiting.
Marx and Engels, those two.
Unseparable, here at least.
And back then, in East Berlin.
Chuckling pupils pointing stealthily
At the rigid faces.
Almost no reverence for the rigid ideals.
Background image for school trips.
Even today – husks of history,
Doomed to be a motif of photos,
As proof: “We were here!”
Once upon in the east. And today?
Can you still see us standing there
With the red neckerchief?
If only we could learn to see them with new eyes.
With a wink and the certainty of history:
All is connected.
 

Project
Marx-Engels-Forum
Client
Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing
Planning
Competition
Competition
3rd prize, 2021
Location
Berlin, GER
Planning period
2021
Size
72.000 m²
Images
POLA

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