Finissage: NACHHALL

The finissage of the exhibition NACHHALL will take place on 11 October at 7 pm at Kleiner Wasserspeicher with a live performance by the artist Tobias Euler.

This project which opened on 29 September 2024 aims to commemorate the victims of National Socialist terror, which was institutionalized immediately after the end of the Weimar Republic, even in the middle of Berlin's urban society. One of the first concentration camps was located in 1933 in a building that no longer exists on the Wasserturm site in Prenzlauer Berg.

With the disappearance of the generation of contemporary witnesses, the forms of expression of commemorative culture are changing. The use of sound art could expand conventional ways of remembering. Tobias Euler has created a sound space in the vault of the former water reservoir that invites visitors to engage in an associative dialogue with a chapter of Berlin's history that is in danger of being forgotten. To this end, the artist has developed an installation of digitally controlled sound objects made from fragments of accordions, an instrument that played a key role in the traditional music of various groups persecuted by the Nazis. Sequences of historical sound material can be heard, which are combined with everyday noises from the 1930s and the sound of accordion machines to create a collage of language and music. Due to the reverberation times in the vaulted architecture, sound reflections become part of the composition.

The programme is being organised in cooperation with historian Niko Rollmann and the unter-berlin e.V. association and included a guided tour of the historical traces through Prenzlauer Berg and a lecture on the beginnings of National Socialist terror in Berlin.

Tobias Euler studied Fine Arts at the Bauhaus University Weimar. His work operates at the interface between sculpture, music and robotics. His work centres on digitally controlled, interacting sound objects, which he arranges in space to create walk-in installations. In addition to his individual works, he has developed interactive scenographic sound installations for the theatre group "Showcase Beat Le Mot", among others. Together with theatre maker Veit Sprenger and composer Thies Mynther, he created the interdisciplinary project "Moon Machine", an installation with robotic orchestration based on the American composer "Moondog", with an exhibition at Kunsthalle Münster, shows at Kampnagel Hamburg, at Ars Electronica Linz 2020 and at Mousonturm Frankfurt/Main 2021. In 2022, Tobias Euler presented his sound installation "Sounds of Hyphae and Mycelia" in an elaborate solo exhibition at the Parochialkirche in Berlin, funded by the BBK Neustart Kultur programme. In 2023, the artist received the "Serious Music and Sound Art" working grant from the Berlin Senate Department.

Historian Niko Rollmann works in adult political education, as a city guide and as a writer. He specialises in underground architecture, the history of Berlin and homelessness. His publications include volumes such as "Die Stadt unter der Stadt" and "Unter Berlin" (Jaron Verlag). In 2004, he was one of the co-founders of the "unter-berlin" association, of which he is the first chairman. He regularly leads groups on historical tours through Prenzlauer Berg and other parts of Berlin.


Programme:

Sunday, 29.09.2024: 4 pm Opening of the walk-in sound installation by Tobias Euler, admission free

Saturday, 05.10.2024: 2 pm Guided tour with historian Niko Rollmann through Prenzlauer Berg to the traces of Nazi terror, ticket bookable via www.unter-berlin.de

Sunday, 06.10.2024: 5 pm Lecture with historian Niko Rollmann on the beginnings of Nazi terror in Berlin, admission 5 euros

Friday, 11.10.2024: 7 pm Finissage with live performance by Tobias Euler, admission free