Fruchtstrasse, Berlin, 27th March, 1952
Annett Gröschner, Arwed Messmer, Fritz Tiedemann
On 27 March, 1952, Fritz Tiedemann photographed Fruchtstrasse in Berlin between Ostbahnhof and Stalinallee for the municipal government of East Berlin. He documented the condition of the buildings in the form of a façade elevations seven years after the end of the war and two decades before they were torn down. This is the source material for Arwed Messmer and Annett Gröschner’s photographic-literary project addressing the documentary facets of photography. Arwed Messmer’s digital editing and enlargement of the thirty-two individual images to 125 by 2000 cm creates a walk-through portrait of a street. The panorama is supplemented by the archival documents that have been passed down as well as the research notations of the writer Annett Gröschner. Her text Heute prima rote Rüben: Die Fruchtstraße am 27. März (Today Tasty Beetroots: Fruchtstrasse on 27th March) tells the story of the buildings and their occupants, who were mostly stranded migrants from East and West Prussia, Silesia, Pomerania, and for a short time China too. The exhibition takes place at the original site of one of the buildings, Franz-Mehring-Platz 1.
Franz-Mehring-Platz 1
27.09. – 16.12.2012
Vernissage 26.09.2012 6:00 pm
Finissage 16.12.2012 6:00 pm
Location
Franz-Mehring-Platz 1Franz-Mehring-Platz 1
Foyer des ND-Hauses
10243 Berlin
T 030 . 29 78 33 33
Mon-Sun 8 am-9 pm
Public transport
U5 Weberwiese, S5, S7, S75 Ostbahnhof, Bus 240, 347
Admission price
Free admission
Sponsors
Neues Deutschland Druckerei und Verlag GmbH, Mediaservice GmbH Druck und Kommunikation, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Dahm Architekten und Ingenieure, Berlinische Galerie, Familie Tiedemann, Oldenburg, Grundstücksgesellschaft Franz-Mehring-Platz 1 mbHPartners
Annett Gröschner, Arwed MessmerCatalog
Annett Gröschner, Arwed Messmer (eds.): Fritz Tiedemann: Berlin, Fruchtstraße am 27. März 1952, with texts by Annett Gröschner, Florian Ebner, Uwe Tiedemann, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2012, 39,80 €