"The Demonstrators, 1997
Große Elbstraße 164, Rear wall.
Design: Cecilia Herrero. Realisation: Cecilia Herrero, Hildegund Schuster.
Life at the margins of the port has always been linked with altercation, controversy, resistance and political intervention in protest against poor working conditions for example, demolition of affordable housing, social cuts and state repression of alternative ways of living such as in the Hafenstraße. Dedicating an artistic memento in urban space to these movements was the intention of the eighth mural in the Women's Open Air Gallery Hamburg.
The artists Cecilia Herrero and Hildegund Schuster gave the memento the form of a vision: a bright yellow translucent ray of sunshine cuts through the grey buildings. Just like a portent, words can be detected on the sunbeam. They recall examples of conflicts in the port area since the 1960s and connect them with present-day reality by blending them with the words on the banners held by the demonstrators on the street."
https://frauenfreiluftgalerie.de/en/demonstrantinnen.php
has been in existence since 1994 has a long-term project. Altogether (as of April 2015) 15 murals at architecturally interesting buildings / walls. This is the only open air gallery in Germany by artists with a focus on working women.
tells about the changing role of working women in the port of Hamburg from 1900 to the present day.
creatively designed by women artists from Hamburg and overseas, using various styles and with aesthetic positions."
| Organization | FrauenFreilluftGalerie |
|---|---|
| Marker type | artwork |
| City | Hamburg |
| Country | Germany |