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"Wallpeckers", November 1989: Wall art by the Berlin artist Indiano in Kreuzberg [47/47]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

January 1990
Berlin, Leuschnerdamm/Waldemarstraße
Created By: Jürgen Lottenburger

License: Creative Commons License

Wall art by the Berlin artist Indiano (Jürgen Große) in Kreuzberg

Depicts

artist, Berlin Wall (West), graffiti (mural), group of people, ladder, remains of the Wall

Context

Berlin Wall, Berlin Wall woodpecker, border guard, chisel, hammer, piece of the Wall, souvenir

Places

Other places (Berlin)

Text in image

1.1990

by Indiano [2x]

Berlin [...]

Smash / the Wall / all / walls

Stop / wasting / earth

Change / your / life

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Memory

"Not long after the fall of the Wall, people hacked into the hated construction (in particular, the colourful Western side) with a hammer and chisel so that they could have some original pieces of the Wall as souvenirs. It didn't take long for the bulwark to resemble a piece of Swiss cheese. However, I also watched GDR border patrols confiscate the so-called 'Wallpecker' tools; they were evidently still struggling to see the harmlessness of it all."

Jürgen Lottenburger (West Berlin)