The historic moment when the former Berlin Wall collapsed took place on 9th November 1989 at Bornholmer Straße, specifically near to the Bösebrücke. During my participation in the project called DAILY INTERVENTION, which invited artists to showcase their work in a mobile art space—a van transformed into a white cube—at a location of their choice, I presented my piece titled “Disremembering” (2019). The artwork explored the theme of the former No Man’s Land in East Germany, and I situated the works beneath the Bösebrücke.
Many passersby were local residents and individuals from the former East German side of the wall. Among them were individuals who had been involved in the construction of the wall back in 1961, as well as a photographer who, during the 1970s, captured images of the wall in Kreuzberg using a van transformed into a camera obscura. These individuals shared fascinating stories about the wall, relating to both the exhibition’s location and its content. The exhibition provided a valuable opportunity to deepen my understanding of the history of the Berlin Wall.

旧ベルリンの壁が崩壊した歴史的瞬間は、1989年11月9日にボーンホルム・シュトラーセ、特にベーゼブリュッケの近くで起こりました。バンの中をホワイトキューブに改装したmobile art space（by Heike Gallmeier）にアーティストを招聘し、好きな場所で展覧会を開く DAILY INTERVENTIONというプロジェクトに参加した時に、旧東ドイツの旧無人地帯をテーマに作ったDisremembering （2019)をそのBösebrückeの下で展示した。
そこを通りががる人は近隣住民で旧東ドイツ側の人々が多かった。1961年に壁の建設グループに加わっていたはずの人や、70年代にクロイツベルクでバンをカメラ・オブスキュラに見立てて壁の写真を撮っていた写真家など、場所と展示内容から壁に関する様々な興味深い話を聞くことができた。ベルリンの壁の歴史について理解を深める貴重な機会となった。