Stasi-Live-Imprisonment
“24/7 Stasi-Live-Haft” (24/7 Stasi-Live-Imprisonment) – an art performance according to the idea of
Franziska Vu and Carl-Wolfgang Holzapfel
October 29 to November 5, 2009
Memorial Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
Interrogations lasting hours on end, absolute isolation, total supervision – today, the former prison of the state security service (Stasi) of the former East Germany in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen is a synonym for the inhuman prison conditions in the former GDR. Here, seconds became hours – and hours became days.
The former prisoner in this Stasi remand prison Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, Carl-Wolfgang Holzapfel, is now returning to a cell of the Stasi prison under conditions which are as realistic as possible for seven days. The campaign will be transmitted to the Internet via webcam right around the clock. Thus, you can experience it live from the perpetrator's perspective at your computer. Through his speaking out his thoughts aloud and his reports on situations during imprisonment, personal emotions are additionally conveyed to the viewer via the webcam. The photographer Franziska Vu is accompaning the imprisonment campaign and will create a photographic work of art. Here you can see some first impressions:
The former prisoner in this Stasi remand prison Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, Carl-Wolfgang Holzapfel, is now returning to a cell of the Stasi prison under conditions which are as realistic as possible for seven days. The campaign will be transmitted to the Internet via webcam right around the clock. Thus, you can experience it live from the perpetrator's perspective at your computer. Through his speaking out his thoughts aloud and his reports on situations during imprisonment, personal emotions are additionally conveyed to the viewer via the webcam. The photographer Franziska Vu is accompaning the imprisonment campaign and will create a photographic work of art. Here you can see some first impressions:
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