Catalogue > Un extrait vidéo au hasard

The demise of the `Palace of the Republic` in Berlin, at sunset. This is a portrait of a powerful symbol of nostalgia for the GDR that was re-used, restored and then, eventually, demolished, becoming a changing, magical emblem of the new centre of the city. The last glimpses of its `skeleton` evoke thought-provoking experiences: the last bits of stairwells are reminiscent of other images of ruins, such as Berlin in the 1940s, when it was a bombed-out city, or of the World Trade Center in New York. It also conjures notions of the Romantic era in the 17th and 18th centuries, when ruins where expressly built. "GRUNSKE" is, in an odd way, the name of the sculptor responsible for this accidental monument: it`s the name of a company that recycles metal. Over the course of months, their machinery carried out the contract of dismantling the Palace, for the public good in a public space.

Sabine Schöbel was born in 1962. She works in architecture/design, set design, and film studies. Her first film, LUPINEN LÖSCHEN, premiered in 2007 at Forum expanded. Presently she is managing director at Arbeitskreis Film Regensburg / Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche.