Fluss Bad Berlin - realities:united

Projekt Fluss Bad Berlin, Freitreppe am Lustgarten im Winter 2016/2024

Visualisation: Adrian König for realities:united
Fine Art Print on Canson Baryta Photographique II 310 g, free mounted
Frame: Alder, white lacquered, ArtGlas AR70 2mm
Sheet size (H x W): 27.0 x 45.0 cm
Frame dimensions (H x W): 32.2 x 50.2 cm
Ed. 1/3 (+2AP)

Lot number 40
Minimum bid: 300,- EUR / estimated price 600,- to 800,- EUR

©Visualisierung: Adrian König für realities:united

©Steffen Jaenicke by courtesy of realities:united

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Our motivation for the "Fluss Bad Berlin" project proposal, which dates back to the late 1990s, is the desire to make Berlin's historic centre more liveable. In view of the consequences of climate change that are being felt by everyone, this desire is more relevant than ever. Thanks to new technologies, Berliners could already swim in the Spree. Not yet everywhere and not always, but initially in the Spree Canal and later in many other sections of the Stadtspree. The water here is already clean enough on many days of the year. The prerequisite, however, is that the administration and politicians allow this and do not hide behind their own outdated regulations out of inertia or convenience. (This text has been automatically translated with DeepL.)
Über das Werk: The visualisation shows the flight of steps at the Lustgarten in winter, which we originally proposed as a water access point. However, the non-profit organisation Flussbad Berlin was banned from publishing the image by the Senate Department for Urban Development due to fears that the idea could be perceived as provocative by the authorities responsible for monument protection. The proposal for the staircase at this location is now history, and it is increasingly unlikely that the canal will freeze over in winter, so the motif is now completely harmless. (This text has been automatically translated with DeepL.)
realities:united
The brothers Jan and Tim Edler founded "realities:united" (RU) in 2000 as co-founders of the transdisciplinary art group "Art and Technology" in Berlin (1997-2000) as a "Studio for Art and Architecture". Since then, they have received international recognition for initiating and realising worldwide art and hybrid art installations on an architectural and urban scale. You came up with the proposal for the Fluss Bad urban development project in Berlin.