Kaputte Grenzen

“Kaputte Grenzen”, Wood, electric turn tables, 3,6m. Fences are strange constructions. Some merely divide two neighbors’ gardens; others enforce national borders, restricting movement and access. Despite their scale or intention, all fences share a fundamental trait: they interrupt continuity. They are manmade structures designed to divide landscapes, bodies, and flows. Yet even the most imposing fence contains its own contradiction. Between the metal bars, wooden slats, or coils of barbed wire, there are always gaps, small openings that allow us to see through, reach across, or pass over. These irregularities, often overlooked, are what interest me most. This work explores the idea that no fence is absolute. I am not concerned with tearing them down, but rather with the subtle, often invisible ways they can be negotiated and bypassed. I aim to highlight the quiet moments of resistance, where presence and movement assert themselves against imposed boundaries. I am particularly interested in the fleeting moments where individuals reclaim restricted or overlooked spaces - not through confrontation, but through ingenuity and movement. Rather than dismantling the fence, I look for the holes already there, those informal, often ephemeral openings that offer passage and agency. Through this piece, I want to prove that every fence carries within it the possibility of being overcome, not by force, but by awareness, creativity, and the will to look for what’s hidden in plain sight.