Das Jahr 1990 freilegen (Volte / Expanded)

Background information

"If you compare the years 1989 and 1990, it becomes clear that they are present in the collective memory in very different ways. Most people can quickly recall the year '89. Even with the distance of almost thirty years, it is easy to recount the sequence of events of that autumn - everything was condensed into a few highly dramatic weeks. 1990, on the other hand, seems like a blind spot in our memories. The memory, challenged as much by the overlapping events as by unfulfilled wishes and unacknowledged grievances, finds it difficult to grasp such a year.

Content

The volume 'Das Jahr 1990 freilegen' (Uncovering the Year 1990) deals with the various aspects of the year 1990 and its topicality. It combines visual documents and voices from 1990 with essayistic reflections and stories that look back on this year from the perspective of the present.
With thirty-two stories by Alexander Kluge and photographs by: Wilfried BAUER, Christian BORCHERT, Christiane EISLER, Gerhard GÄBLER, Silke GEISTER, Anselm GRAUBNER, Harald HAUSWALD, Matthias HOCH, Martin JEHNICHEN, Harald KIRSCHNER, Sieghard LIEBE, Ute MAHLER, Jürgen MATSCHIE, Tomki NEMEC, Jens RÖTSCH, Andreas ROST, Thomas SANDBERG, Einar SCHLEEF, Michael SCHMIDT, Gundula SCHULZE ELDOWY, Maurice WEISS, Thomas WOLF, Ulrich WÜST, Martin ZITZLAFF and others. " (© Spector, 2019)

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