Tillman Schneider’s Gallery: Ersilia – Day #1

Fri, Sep 4 2009 | 0 Comments

Tillman Schneider’s Gallery: Ersilia – Day #1

By: Francois

Berlin is the favourite Tillman’s spot. Its mix between the old and the new, brownfield sites and reconstructions, gives to this Austrian photographer the inspiration he and his friends need. The first part of the weekly gallery introduces a project made by three artists, Lascarr, Ephemera and Delavega.

“In Ersilia, to establish the relationships that sustain the city’s life, the inhabitants stretch strings from the corners of the houses [...]. When the strings become so numerous that you can no longer pass among them, the inhabitants leave: the houses are dismantled; only the strings and their supports remain.” (Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, Trading Cities 4)

“Reading Italo Calvino’s novel “The Invisible Cities” gave them the idea of these installations: Berlin is a place full of abandonned buildings and sites. It is loaded with with history, scars, emotions, and is obviously a perfect place to develop such a project. The chapter “Ersilia” almost seems to have been written only for this city. We used two abandonned urban spots for our installations: an factory close to the Schwartzer Kanal, and a hospital in Beelitz.”