The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall | Book Release Event

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A book release event with a reading and discussion about photographic work documenting the former Berlin Wall and its legacy.

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The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall Reading and Discussion \| Book Release Event with Photographer Gesche Würfel and Translator Alta Price *With respondent Alice Goff and moderator Nicole G. Burgoyne* *Register here:* The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall / Calendar of Events | The University of Chicago The Berlin Wall fell in 1989; in 1990, Germany was reunited with the integration of the former German Democratic Republic into the West German political and economic system. The physical division may be forgotten and invisible in many places. However, its lingering effects can still be felt: the goal to create a united Germany with a collective identity has yet to be achieved. Gesche Würfel’s (b. Bremerhaven, 1976; lives and works in New York) most recent photographic work investigates these divisions. *The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall* explores the topography along the country’s division and proposes a new way of thinking about the legacy of the wall: Würfel traveled the complete course of the former Berlin Wall, stopping every 2.8 kilometers-in a nod to the 28-year history of the Wall-to document the present-day state of affairs at the line of separation in Berlin and Brandenburg.