D u b a i - l a b: June 2014

Michael was invited to give a statement on the city of Berlin which will be exhibited in September 2014 in Berlin.

The exhibition "Berlin unlimited" is about to explore the contradiction of urban realities - between matters of individual freedom and urban constraint. By means of art and creative media, architecture and urban design, theory and research "Berlin Unlimited" aims to reveala an interdisciplinary narrative about the city and to display a critical view on former limits, todays limitations and tomorrows possible new divisions.

Our work is a very personal one based on the experience of Michael when living in the city for 1 year. During this time he learned, that Berlin is not the "hip" and "sexy" city which the city government tries to express. Berlin is poor (what is not bad per se), dirty, grey, violent and to much basisdemocratic. Masses of young people enter the city every weekend, brought in by discount airlines, to search for alcohol, drugs and innocuous sex.

Berlin meanwhile stands for stagnation, the desperate try to tie on to a Berlin in the 1920th's failed completely. The city will be first one worldwide which will show the impact on cities in regard to the collapse of former western assets in economical, social and human relationships and structures. A city which brands itself by highlighting solely the strategy of artificial distraction to cover the brakedown of politics can and should not survive.

The social systems in Germany are collapsed. The policy of the European Union which goaled in the equilisation of all states involved in this network failed. Germany is a country of several social classes which are opposing each other with mistrust.

The social systems in Germany are collapsed. The policy of the European Union which goaled in the equlisation of all states involved in this network failed. Germany is a country of several social classes which are opposing each other with mistrust. In 2032 a revolution took place. The attempt to drop this down by state-power failed. In the result a migration process from North to South and West to East occured of all those which had been up to do

so economically.

The waelthy class developed its habitat south of river Main in cities like Stuttgart, Munich, Freiburg, Heidelberg or Tuebingen. These cities are protected by para-military organisations, the population agreed in the total digital control to maintain safety. All cities are surrounded by city walls and are accessed by controlled city gates.

Those people which had been depended on social support suffered most from this meltdown. These people populate the cities in the East of Germany, especially Berlin. Since 2034 the city is under autonomous control of its population. The city is surrounded by a 12m high wall to prevent the distribution of its population to other parts of Germany. No more governmental institutions are still in place.

3 gates allow the safe import of foodstuff, medicine and medical treatment.

In a hight of 358 m above the city of Berlin live all those people from former „parvenue society“ in gas filled structures which still feel associted to the city resp. what has been left from it.

For whatever reason