31 years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The political, ideological, and in some cases physical frontier not only divided Germany but the entire world into two axes; one of capitalist character and his nemesis, the communist.

Today the physical Wall does not exist, but there is an invisible one that continues to divide the country, and it can be measured in wages, infrastructure, education, unemployment; political and economic differences that tip the balance in favor of the West. 

A barrier that has been reinforced thanks to the global financial crises that have occurred in recent years, widening the gap between rich and poor, ending the so-called middle class.

The idea behind this work is to attest to this reality that is still in force today, through the study of the landscape, both urban and human, to show that division that is still latent between the western and eastern parts of Berlin, taking the German capital as an example of what is happening in the country.

"The Invisible Wall" Ernst-Thälmann-Park, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin (2021) 

"The Invisible Wall" Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstraße, Kreuzberg, Berlin (2021) 

"The Invisible Wall" Haus der Statistik, Karl-Marx-Allee, Mitte, Berlin (2021)

"The Invisible Wall" Alte Jakobstraße, Friedrichshain/Kreuzberg, Berlin (2021)

31 years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The political, ideological, and in some cases physical frontier not only divided Germany but the entire world into two axes; one of capitalist character and his nemesis, the communist.

Today the physical Wall does not exist, but there is an invisible one that continues to divide the country, and it can be measured in wages, infrastructure, education, unemployment; political and economic differences that tip the balance in favor of the West. 

A barrier that has been reinforced thanks to the global financial crises that have occurred in recent years, widening the gap between rich and poor, ending the so-called middle class.

The idea behind this work is to attest to this reality that is still in force today, through the study of the landscape, both urban and human, to show that division that is still latent between the western and eastern parts of Berlin, taking the German capital as an example of what is happening in the country.


"The Invisible Wall" Warschauer Straße, Friedrichshain, Berlin (2021)

"The Invisible Wall" Bornholmer Straße, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin (2021)

"The Invisible Wall" Skalitzer Straße, Kreuzberg, Berlin (2021)

"The Invisible Wall" Tempelhofer Feld, Tempelhof/Neukölln, Berlin (2021)

"The Invisible Wall" Kurfürstendamm, Charlottenburg/Wilmersdorf, Berlin (2021)

"The Invisible Wall" Panoramapunkt, Alte Potsdamer Straße, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (2021)

"The Invisible Wall" Karl-Marx-Straße, Neukölln, Berlin (2021)

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