The presence of the Berlin Wall

The wall, which divided a world city in two for 155 kilometres from 1961 to 1989, is now only 2 kilometres long and is not continuous. Remains often appear as fossils all over the city, sometimes without any context, sometimes as part of a very well-planned dramaturgy of memory politics. The story of the wall may seem to be complete, but during my study tour, I have come to conclusions that contradict this statement, examining the former footprints of the wall, sometimes more strongly, sometimes more faintly visible, in various genres. The wall's processuality seems to be a specific feature of each case, which can be found in references to urban planning, urban use, the politics of memory or even the art projects associated with it. In my thesis, I would like to demonstrate the paradoxically fundamental character of the Berlin Wall, its processual, ever-changing character.