{"id":18977,"date":"2020-09-24T12:14:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T11:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=18977"},"modified":"2020-09-24T12:14:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T11:14:59","slug":"belfast-to-host-the-disappearing-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2020\/09\/belfast-to-host-the-disappearing-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"BELFast to host The \u2018Disappearing Wall\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Belfast will be the only UK city to host interactive art installation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Disappearing Wall, which will be on display on the roof of Castlecourt Shopping Centre in Belfast from October 1-12, will host 6,000 individual wooden blocks containing a wide range of quotes, from the likes of Albert Einstein and Jean-Paul Sartre to The Beatles and Monty Python. Belfast is the only city within the UK to host the installation which is based on an idea proposed by Maria Jablonina in a workshop carried out by the architect and engineer Werner Sobek and initiated by the Goethe-Institut. Visitors to the Wall are invited to take home a block containing a quote, until the Wall \u0091disappears\u0092 with only the clear Plexiglas grid that held them remaining. Other cities to host The Disappearing Wall include Antwerp, Barcelona, Brussels, Gdansk, The Hague, Madrid, Milan, Namur, Nicosia, Poznan, Segovia, Thessaloniki, Turin, Vilnius and Warsaw.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

NEXT month will see Northern Ireland join a number of European countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, and Greece to host The Disappearing Wall<\/em><\/strong>, an interactive art installation that celebrates Europe\u2019s diversity of languages and ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belfast is the only city within the UK to host the installation which is based on an idea proposed by Maria Jablonina in a workshop carried out by the architect and engineer Werner Sobek and initiated by the Goethe-Institut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Disappearing Wall<\/em>, which will be on display on the roof of Castlecourt Shopping Centre from October 1-12, consists of a plexiglas frame which will host 6,000 wooden blocks showing original and translated quotes collected by the Goethe-Institut earlier this year via local contests across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors to the Wall are invited to take home a block which will contain one of a wide range of quotes, from the likes of Albert Einstein, Adorno, Rosa Luxemburg, Sartre and Jonas Mekas, to Beatles\u2019 lyrics and lines from Winnie the Pooh or the film Am\u00e9lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As more and more blocks are removed, the Wall will \u2018disappear\u2019 with only the clear Plexiglas grid that held them remaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other cities to host the The Disappearing Wall<\/em> include Antwerp, Barcelona, Brussels, Gdansk, The Hague, Madrid, Milan, Namur, Nicosia, Poznan, Segovia, Thessaloniki, Turin, Vilnius and Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katharina von Ruckteschell-Katte, Director of the Goethe-Institut London<\/strong>, commented: \u201cWe are delighted to bring the Disappearing Wall to Belfast. This installation will not only celebrate Northern Ireland\u2019s diversity but also the potential to symbolically overcome borders visible and tangible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goethe-Institut London has commissioned Belfast-based Urban Scale interventions (USI) to bring The Disappearing Wall<\/em> to life in Belfast with Claire Hall, USI Projects Producer<\/strong>, commenting: \u201cWe are proud to help bring The Disappearing Wall to Belfast as it is an important project for NI as we celebrate our country\u2019s diversity. Encouraging visitors to take away inspirational and thought-provoking quotes and therefore destroying the wall to leave a clear view across the city symbolises how we can come together to destroy any barriers that are holding us back.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mirroring the project\u2019s aims of celebrating the diversity of Belfast and Northern Ireland, Belfast arts collective Catalyst Arts<\/em> is running a programme of workshops that will engage with the community through sharing stories, experiences and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Wells of Catalyst Arts<\/strong> said: \u201cOver the next couple of months, Catalyst Arts will develop and present a series of engagement events looking at a re-mapping of the city beyond geography by inviting participants to share lived experiences of Belfast. The outcome of which will be shown as part of an ongoing engagement with the installation of the Wall in Castle Court Shopping Centre kicking it off<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Disappearing Wall<\/em> is one of several projects that the Goethe-Institut is carrying out for Germany\u2019s EU Council Presidency and as part of the Federal government\u2019s cultural programme in Europe.  With different topics and target groups, the projects are devoted to the overarching question of what will constitute Europe in future and how the European community and cohesion can be strengthened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Disappearing Wall is backed by the Federal Foreign Office with special funds for the German EU Council Presidency 2020.  In Northern Ireland, the installation is supported by Catalyst Arts and Urban Scale Interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information on The Disappearing Wall <\/em>with dates and locations can be found at www.goethe.de\/disappearingwall<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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