The mobile ruin : the everyday life of the Berlin Wall / photographs and editing by Blake Fitzpatrick and Vid Ingelevics.

Title & Author:

The mobile ruin : the everyday life of the Berlin Wall / photographs and editing by Blake Fitzpatrick and Vid Ingelevics.

Publication:

Montréal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2026]
©2026

Description:

vi, 204 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Issued also in electronic format.

Summary:

"The Berlin Wall divided the city for almost three decades before it fell on 9 November 1989. This symbol of the Cold War has been travelling longer than it stood still. An object that once seemed immovable now wanders around the world in every format from two-tonne slabs to pocket-sized souvenirs. This collection envisions the atomized and displaced remnants of the Berlin Wall as a mobile ruin with an evolving history. Blake Fitzpatrick and Vid Ingelevics's photographic investigation of the geographical dispersement of its fragments is a form of witness to the history of the wall after it fell. Featuring over one hundred photographs, intercut with powerful contextual writings by artists, scholars, and curators (including people involved in souvenir production and sale), this unique work raises compelling questions about the shifting meaning of Berlin Wall artifacts - essentially banal pieces of concrete - in light of their physical relocation and shifts in geopolitical power. Contributing to our understanding of material history, public commemoration, border politics, and documentary studies, The Mobile Ruin explores the ongoing resonance of the wall and the new life it takes on in a series of unexpected international locations."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0228026865
9780228026860 (paper)

Subject:

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989, in art.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 History.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 Pictorial works.
Mur de Berlin dans l'art.
Mur de Berlin Histoire.
Mur de Berlin Ouvrages illustrés.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
Berlin Wall (Berlin, Germany : 1961-1989) in art
Germany

Form/genre:

Illustrated works
Pictures

Added entries:

Fitzpatrick, Blake, 1955- editor
Ingelevics, Vid, 1952- editor

Everyday life of the Berlin Wall

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325976
Call No.: 325976
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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