Christiane Zschommler

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                          • File 1214/87, 2018

                          File 1214/87, 2018

                          After 29 years following the fall of The Berlin Wall, the State Security Service (Stasi) acts still as a global synonym for the modern police state. My own secret file 1214/87 contained meticulous photocopies of correspondence and index cards to record the evidence the Stasi found while searching through my mail.
                          We were transparent beings. I could not believe the absurd pettiness and the sheer volume of manpower involved in collecting, checking and vetting the nation’s mail.
                          For this series I am concerned with the formal and structural aspect of the retrieved data and their development into more abstract, visual formations.

                          The image titles refer to the official code words and descriptions used by the Stasi in the file.The 6 digit numbers refer to the page numbers set by the new authority.

                          image size 68X48cm
                          DA

                          DA

                          KRV

                          KRV

                          XX

                          XX

                          VSH

                          VSH

                          Druckspuren

                          Druckspuren

                          AK2

                          AK2

                          000012

                          000012

                          000022

                          000022

                          000075

                          000075

                          000067

                          000067

                          000059

                          000059

                          000039

                          000039

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