La caduta del Muro di Berlino

There's a draught, and then a chasm
"There’s a draught, and then a chasm. An order, a disorder, and then a miraculous settling. A world, a city, a square like a home—before, during, and after the celebration.
There is a fury without cruelty, a dark serenity—yet formidable. Sky and earth, bricks and pickaxes. Black and white. Carlo Orsi.
What I see is a true reportage. True because untouched by any fiction.
Simply, photographic talent capturing what is. What was, seen from today.
And it is a journey—always possible, always different. Radically different depending on the eyes of the one who sees—or once saw.
Back then, at the time of those events—as they say—it was above all, joy. The joy that was there, and still endures in the photographs.
The joy of those who let that first draught in. And of Carlo, who captured it.
The Wall—shattered, cracked open, stripped down and devoured—during a feast that had been on the calendar for years.
For some, for a lifetime. Forever. To tear down a barrier always brings liberating gestures. That one, above all. The Wall as Gesture, as Sign. Time and Era. History."
(Giorgio Terruzzi, in Exstasi. Berlino 31 Dicembre 1989, exhibition catalogue at Galleria Antonia Jannone, Milan, February 3-12, 2000 [Milan: Edizioni L'Arsenale, 2000])
November 9, 1989

The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, marked a momentous turning point in both European and world history. 

The Wall, built in 1961 to divide East and West Berlin, was a symbol of the Cold War and the opposition between the communist and capitalist worlds. Its end was made possible by the reforms initiated in the USSR by President Mikhail Gorbachev, such as perestroika and glasnost, which promoted openness and dialogue. Growing popular protests in East Germany and the Eastern Bloc countries, combined with international diplomatic pressure, led to the sudden opening of the borders. The Berliners rushed to the Wall, crossed it, climbed it and began to tear it down with their own hands. In the months that followed, this event accelerated the reunification of Germany, which was officially formalized on October 3, 1990, and also marked the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union, which dissolved two years later in 1991. The fall of the Wall remains a symbol of freedom and the ability of people to overcome the divisions imposed by history and politics.

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Libertà obbligatoria. Pensando a Giorgio Gaber e Sandro Luporini, 1989
Berlin (Germany)

La caduta del Muro di Berlino


There's a draught, and then a chasm
"There’s a draught, and then a chasm. An order, a disorder, and then a miraculous settling. A world, a city, a square like a home—before, during, and after the celebration.
There is a fury without cruelty, a dark serenity—yet formidable. Sky and earth, bricks and pickaxes. Black and white. Carlo Orsi.
What I see is a true reportage. True because untouched by any fiction.
Simply, photographic talent capturing what is. What was, seen from today.
And it is a journey—always possible, always different. Radically different depending on the eyes of the one who sees—or once saw.
Back then, at the time of those events—as they say—it was above all, joy. The joy that was there, and still endures in the photographs.
The joy of those who let that first draught in. And of Carlo, who captured it.
The Wall—shattered, cracked open, stripped down and devoured—during a feast that had been on the calendar for years.
For some, for a lifetime. Forever. To tear down a barrier always brings liberating gestures. That one, above all. The Wall as Gesture, as Sign. Time and Era. History."
(Giorgio Terruzzi, in Exstasi. Berlino 31 Dicembre 1989, exhibition catalogue at Galleria Antonia Jannone, Milan, February 3-12, 2000 [Milan: Edizioni L'Arsenale, 2000])
November 9, 1989

The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, marked a momentous turning point in both European and world history. 

The Wall, built in 1961 to divide East and West Berlin, was a symbol of the Cold War and the opposition between the communist and capitalist worlds. Its end was made possible by the reforms initiated in the USSR by President Mikhail Gorbachev, such as perestroika and glasnost, which promoted openness and dialogue. Growing popular protests in East Germany and the Eastern Bloc countries, combined with international diplomatic pressure, led to the sudden opening of the borders. The Berliners rushed to the Wall, crossed it, climbed it and began to tear it down with their own hands. In the months that followed, this event accelerated the reunification of Germany, which was officially formalized on October 3, 1990, and also marked the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union, which dissolved two years later in 1991. The fall of the Wall remains a symbol of freedom and the ability of people to overcome the divisions imposed by history and politics.

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Simona Confalonieri
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1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin (Germany)
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1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin (Germany)
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1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin (Germany)
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1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin (Germany)
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1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin (Germany)
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1989
Muro di Berlino, Berlino (Germania)
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1989
Muro di Berlino, Berlino (Germania)
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1989
Muro di Berlino, Berlino (Germania)
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1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin (Germany)
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1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin (Germany)
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Carlo Orsi, 1989
Brandeburg Gate, Berlin (Germany)
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1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin (German7)
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Al di qua del muro, 1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin (Germany)
002-087-06
1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin (Germany)
002-086-08
1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin (Germany)
002-086-03
1989
Berlin Wall, Berlin (Germany)

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