watchtower

Among the districts of Berlin
Berlin-Kreuzberg was the first to get a watchtower
to observe his inhabitants
at a central place, the Kottbusser Tor

The tower was built by Martin Kaltwasser,
a Berlin artist and architect.

His installation “watchtower” reacted to plans
proposing the surveillance and control of public space
favored by several Berliner politicians.

The tower symbolized an evident,
well-known and well-established mode of observation.

This is why we chose this place
to start our inquiry into surveillance systems.
We decided to use the watchtower
according to its potential for one day.

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