Visions in Motion

30,000 messages will float at the Straße des 17. Juni in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 4th – 10th 2019.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution and the fall of the Wall, Kulturprojekte Berlin has invited Patrick Shearn and his team at Poetic Kinetics to display “Visions in Motion”, the latest work from the artist’s “ Skynet ” series. Curated as part of Berlin’s official week-long festival, the 20,000 sq. ft. kinetic installation will span 450 ft. in length at the Brandenburg Gate, where the former Wall divided the city. The artwork’s rectangular shape conjures the form of the wall; but instead of a heavy, impenetrable border, the form takes flight.

Kulturprojekte Berlin was inspired to invite artist Patrick Shearn from Berlin’s sister city, Los Angeles, to bring forth an artwork for the official festivities that symbolizes the unification of the German people. During the Peaceful Revolution, hundreds of thousands of people raised their voices and contributed to the fall of the Wall. In reminiscence of the banners carried during the demonstrations of the Peaceful Revolution, Shearn’s installation will incorporate multicolored, partly reflective streamers, which will float almost weightlessly across the sky at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

Patrick Shearn is world renowned for his striking, larger-than-life, moving sculptures, called Skynets.