Wohlstandstraum--Nuclear family
Subtitle: ein Foto-Essay von Kermit Berg 2009-2011
By: Texte, Ines Hahn, Adolf Stock ; Übersetzung, Kermit Berg, Malte Schutz
Contributors: Hahn, Ines, 1963- writer of added commentary; Stock, Adolf, writer of added commentary; Schutz, Malte, translator; Märkisches Museum; Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin
Edition: 1. Auflage.
Publisher: Verlag M - Stadtmuseum Berlin
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9783939254225
Subjects: Exhibitions; Conceptual art; Artistic Photography
Description: "Inspired by letters exchanged between a family in West Berlin and one in Bremen, Indiana, during the period between the Berlin blockade and the construction of the Berlin Wall, Kermit Berg's work "Wohlstandstraum/Nuclear Family" presents a particularly intimate picture of the connections between people from different nations against the backdrop of the Cold War. ... [T]he artist has translated the concrete experiences of his family's history into a total work of art of high aesthetic value. He combines reproductions of artifacts such as the letters and snapshots from family albums with his own texts. Incidental personal events are described in a staccato stenographic commentary, juxtaposing them with historic events of the moment. Berg artistically stages this complex interaction in contrast to powerful photographs of period design objects."--Page 74.
Notes: "Herausgegeben von der Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin im Rahmen des Europäischen Monats der Fotografie Berlin"

Issued to accompany an exhibition of the same name held at the Märkisches Museum, October 11, 2014-February 1, 2015.

Parallel texts in German and English.