Christiane Zschommler

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  • 1. Forgotten Doctrine, since 2024 Work in progress
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    • Pavlov's Children, 2024
      • Faux Diamonds, 2024
        • Weißer Regen ( White Rain), 2024
          • Friedenskinder I, 2024
            • Friedenskinder II, 2025
              • 2. We Are All In This Together 2020-2024
              • The Promise of Spring, 2020/2022
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                  • 84 Square Metres, Flooating, 2020-2023
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                          • One Way Road to Freedom, 2021-2023
                            • Without Consequences, 2020/2024
                              • 3. On Becoming An Immigrant 2016-2020
                              • Project Fear, 2019
                                • The Will Of The People, 2016-2020
                                  • It Is Just A Place I Stay In, 2016-2020
                                    • The Way It Is, Summer 2016 to Spring 2020
                                      • 4. When The Power Has Gone 2018/2024
                                      • File 1214/87, 2018
                                        • Beyond Orwell, 2018
                                          • Archiving Power, 2018/2024
                                            • KO71, 2018
                                              • Die Wunderbaren Jahre, 2018
                                                • 5. A Notion Of Fragmentation, 2016/2023
                                                  • 6. Hiraeth, 2016
                                                    • 7. Early work, 1998: Made in Germany
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                                                      7. Made in Germany, 1998

                                                      Made in Germany
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                                                      While studying for a BA in Photography I superimposed images I had taken of the remains of The Berlin Wall, as well as other objects and places that were significant or had a resonance with this subject matter onto photographs of my body.
                                                      The work was a means of reflecting on my life in East Berlin where I was brought up, two years after the wall was built. I moved to London in 1992 and each time I return to Germany, shortly before landing at Schönefeld airport, I feel overwhelmed with a sense of my past in a country that no longer exists. Even today, after such a long time without the wall I realise the influence of East Germany’s dictatorial regime and how deep a mark it has left on me. Living my life in England with my family in the pastoral tranquillity of Surrey, I am still very much aware of the key dates in the communist calendar.On these days pioneer songs, socialist poems and slogans from the banners of Government organised celebrations still creep through my head. I now find this somehow comical, singing them in the shower or to myself on long walks along the canal in Surrey. The 9th November 1989, the day the wall unexpectedly opened still has a genuine profound resonance.
                                                      Averted Gaze

                                                      Averted Gaze

                                                      Collective Frown

                                                      Collective Frown

                                                      In Loving Memory

                                                      In Loving Memory

                                                      Made in Germany

                                                      Made in Germany

                                                      Mauerbluemchen

                                                      Mauerbluemchen

                                                      Peeling away the Comfort of Ignorance

                                                      Peeling away the Comfort of Ignorance

                                                      Security in the Familiar

                                                      Security in the Familiar

                                                      The Blind Spot

                                                      The Blind Spot

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