Weiss 104 (T-Shirt), 2024
Digital print on T-shirt
Measure: Unisex size M
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Lot number 12
Minimum bid: 50,- EUR / estimated price 80,- - 120,- EUR
Fusco & Kégli
- Despite the close proximity to the palace, the residents of the houses on the Schlossfreiheit were exempt from many taxes due to the muddy ground. Until well into the Wilhelminian era, one of Berlin's river bathing establishments was also located there. It has therefore always been a place of communication, where laundry has always been hung up and Berliners have always washed themselves in the Spree. And this is where the circle closes for us. We are watching with interest the endeavours to build a new river bath on the Spree and are delighted to support them. Our contribution to the Flussbad auction is a T-shirt signed by us, which was printed as a unique piece especially for the event. A reminder of our art happening, which was like a four-week festival where thousands of visitors washed their dirty laundry in front of the Chancellery and the Palace of the Republic. (This text has been automatically translated with DeepL.)
- Über das Werk:
weiss 104 A temporary national monument
2 September to 3 October 2000 Schloßfreiheit, Berlin
Twenty-four years ago, when we were working on the weiss104 project, several ideas flowed into the concept and design.
We placed 104 washing machines on the plateau of the former German national monument from the imperial era and the planned site for the future Unity Monument as an open-air launderette. A social sculpture as an active place of remembrance. We were interested in the political and social handling of the culture of remembrance, without realising that the days of the Palace of the Republic, in front of whose doors weiss104 took place, were long since numbered.
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This period around the year 2000 was characterised by futile efforts to tear down and whitewash German history. Scandals at the time, such as the CDU's black money affair and the debate on compensation for Nazi forced labourers, were discussed in public and were also reflected in the countless washing processes and lively discussions of our art project. Another important theme in our work was the general treatment of public space as a place of communication, which was already disappearing more and more in the course of privatisation and surveillance. weiss104 took place in such a place: a former "free" place, right in the heart of Berlin, where until the erection of the first German national monument (Kaiser Wilhelm I) its own laws always applied. Despite the immediate proximity to the palace, the residents of the houses on the Schlossfreiheit were exempt from many regulations and taxes due to the muddy ground. Until well into the Wilhelminian era, one of Berlin's river bathing establishments was also located there. It has therefore always been a place of communication, where laundry has always been hung up and Berliners have always washed themselves in the Spree. And this is where the circle closes for us. We are watching with interest the endeavours to build a new river bath on the Spree and are delighted to support them. Our contribution to the Flussbad auction is a T-shirt signed by us, which was printed as a unique piece especially for the event. A reminder of our art happening, which was like a four-week festival where thousands of visitors washed their dirty laundry in front of the Chancellery and the Palace of the Republic - Fusco & Kégli
- Victor Kégli, born in 1964, studied art in Karlsruhe and Stuttgart from 1986 to 1994 and has lived and worked in Berlin since 1994. Since 1995 he has participated in various exhibitions in Germany and abroad. Among others, the action weiss 104, a temporary national monument, on the Schloßplatz in Berlin 2000. Filomeno Fusco is a freelance artist, curator and musician and lives in Berlin. In addition to art in public space projects, he works conceptually with various art strategies such as mixed-media installations, video art, spoken words, audio art and performances. His artistic works have been shown in various exhibitions in Germany and abroad. Amongst others, the action weiss 104, a temporary national monument, on the Schloßplatz in Berlin in 2000. He has also initiated several socio-cultural projects with refugees. He has also curated numerous international art exhibitions and festivals for various museums, foundations, universities and art institutions. Since 2022 he has been running an online audio art project: filoaudio.com / filomenofusco.de More information about joint actions and interventions by Victor Kégli and Filomeno Fusco at www.kegliundfusco.de
