Workshop “The Berlin Wall” and the universal metaphor of the FRONTIER (1961 – today)

Age group: 14 years – … (adaptable, also for adults)

Working materials (inter alia):

• Extracts from retrospectives written by former Berlin students, who were cut from their school by the construction of the wall in the middle of their final exams in 1961
• historic photos – current photos from Berlin (Berliner Wall, historic sites, memorial sites)
• the universal metaphor of the FRONTIER
• Music, fashion and cinema in the 50ies and 60ies
• photos of students’ artworks created in previous workshops