Exhibition
"If only you could be here..." – Love Letters Across the Berlin Wall

with artwork by Tape That

Wed, 16.10.2019 -
Thu, 31.10.2019
12 Star Gallery at the Europe House

The Berlin Wall divided East and West Germany for nearly 30 years until its fall in 1989. East and West Germans had only limited opportunities to visit each other, even less for East and West Berliners. Families, Friends and lovers were divided and many people tried to flee.

"If you could only be here..." is an exhibition telling three special love stories, between East and West Germans, that took place in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. Three couples fell in love during the German division. Their stories, of love that defied a time of isolation and separation, were kept alive through letters. Here, in this exhibition you will have the opportunity to see Germany's Cold War history from a new and unexpected perspective. This is the story about devotion without borders, without walls, told in the words of the lovers themselves.

This exhibition is curated and produced by Nora Laraki with artworks by Tape That.
The exhibition is supported by the German Historical Institute of London and the Goethe-Institut in London. This exhibition was produced in partnership with the European Commission.