The 2011 film “Midnight in Paris” tells the story of a sentimental writer – Gil Pender – who indulges in the kind of nostalgia we’ve all been guilty of before. Gifted with the opportunity to roam the streets of 1920s Paris after dark, he develops a distaste for the modern age he belongs to, believing it pales in comparison to the glamorous “Golden Age” of poets and painters he encounters in the past. I couldn’t help but recall the film on a recent visit to the Alte Münze, where an exhibition on Berlin in the 90s is currently taking place. The setup seems designed to mimic that electric feeling of freedom that permeated the city in the years after the wall fell, surrounding gallery-goers with round-the-wall screens playing frenetic videos, images and headlines from the era while filling their ears with pounding techno music. Visitors at the “Ninetees Berlin” exhibition. Photo: DPA In the following section, recent interviews from artists, club owners, squatters and DJs play on a loop. “Berlin is over”, claims one interviewee. Another tells the story of a group of artists forced out of their studio by rising rent in recent years. Believing, rather fairly, that the… Read full this story
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