In close collaboration with the Mitkunstzentrale and the Haus der Materialisierung – a production site for climate-friendly resource use in Berlin – used carpentry, hardboard, and aluminum panels were collected and processed so that they could be further processed with milling, screen printing, and digital printing. These materials, images, and stories were used to create two picture friezes that frame the foyer of the new school.

Accompanying the picture panels and photographs, ALLES ALLEN not only recounts the collaborative creation of the friezes, but also raises questions about the possibilities of reusing resources and the responsibility of artists in the context of public projects. The publication connects the question of personal ownership with the associated social obligations of resource justice.

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When they were young I was there for them all the time.
BRIONY, WREN”

Philosophical thoughts by birds, drawn and put into words by the artist.

Birds was inspired by Jim Goldberg’s “Rich and Poor”, a collection of photographs of rich and poor Americans, each with a handwritten statement by the subject, thereby creating a heart gripping portrait of the USA.

It was a logical step to have an ornithologist (a fictional ornithologist) portrait birds in a similar way, for they have just as much to say about the human condition. If people would only listen.

I have no idea what people think of me,
I don’t think much of them, that’s for sure.
Life is a bitch for everyone and I’m
struggling, just like everyone else.
Compassion is a mistake and the seed
for sloth and weakness.
And nobody ever offered to help me
out in any way, so why should I?
Egon, buzzard

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