Nadia Kaabi-Linke b. 1978
Mistake-Out Friedrichstadt, 2018
Correction fluid on serigraphy board
430 x 640 cm
169 1/4 x 252 in
169 1/4 x 252 in
Edition of 2
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Kaabi-Linke explores shifting attitudes in “Mistake-Out Friedrichstadt”, a wall-based installation of over 400 parts taken from a repaired wall around a window on the first floor of a Berlin street...
Kaabi-Linke explores shifting attitudes in “Mistake-Out Friedrichstadt”, a wall-based installation of over 400 parts taken from a repaired wall around a window on the first floor of a Berlin street in its newspaper publishing district, once riddled with bullet holes. Kaabi-Linke covers hundreds of pieces of card with liquid paper (“Tipp Ex”) to create a subtle white on white mosaic on the gallery wall in the same configuration as the bullet marks which despite their cosmetic repairs still remain visible. The installation is a critique on the matter of censorship and auto-censorship that goes hand in hand with the repression of disquieting memories in such a way that it goes on almost unnoticed, as we get used to the experience of being monitored in our everyday life while the news we receive is edited and chosen for us.