Östliche Landschaft

The rubbish dump in the north of Berlin is littered with the fading black, red and gold of discarded GDR flags. Everywhere the symbols of hammer and sickle can be glimpsed amongst the now outdated items of everyday use, now replaced by others, typically new and shiny. Amongst it all an elderly man squeezes notes from an accordion, whilst a younger contemporary seems eager to rid himself of all his belongings from bygone days. All the while ravens circle overhead, in a setting fit to serve as a metaphor for the condition of both the two old and the one new state(s).