CNN: Taping the Berlin Wall street art
Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Jonathan Cherry in Streetflava
Free at last
South African expat Myles Lord sent us info about a recent street art installation for CNN to commemorate the 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall and to launch their new slogan ‘Go Beyond Borders’.
Jump for joy
The project took 5 days and 40km of tape.
- We a taped the original position of the Berlin Wall using branded tape launching CNN International’s new slogan “Go Beyond Borders”
- The line often goes through buildings a built after the fall of the wall – through restaurants, offices, hotels and even train stations
- At certain points along the wall line we created temporary street art installations detailing 8 stories of people who went over, under or even through the biggest border in history. Exactly where these events actually happened.
- Stickers on the street fill you in on the details, QR codes push pedestrians online to CNN’s Berlin Wall Special and a google map with links to archive footage from back in the day.
A thought-provoking exercise that shows that memorials don’t have to be concrete statues that everyone ignores. [thanks Myles]
More: Go Beyond Borders – Youtube Channel
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12. Nov, 2009
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Andrew Louw
13. Nov, 2009
Awesome story, Cherryflava! Tried the QR code and it worked – super cool!
Jonathan Cherry
14. Nov, 2009
It’s unconventional indeed.