Interactive Map: Seeking Traces Worldwide in the Twentieth Year after the Wall
The fall of the wall began a new era (Photo: picture alliance)
23 October 2009
The Berlin Wall is rebuilt in Delhi, Marianne Birthler talks with Wolf Biermann in Boston, and in Beijing, artists paint the stones of the wall in the world – the Goethe-Institut is searching for the aftermaths of the fall of wall in projects around the world. An interactive world map.
The year 1989 was not only a climactic turnaround for Germany; worldwide, the fall of the Iron Curtain began a new era. A large number of events by the Goethe-Institut around the world reflect on different perspectives of the events of 1989 and the years after.
Contests, art happenings, theatre productions, exhibitions, discussion forums, concerts, film series, book publications – click on the map to see all of the worldwide projects:
