Berlin Residency Summer 09: "Run Lola Run"

"Lola Ginko Biloba"

"Lola Ginkgo Biloba"- a work still in progress

Cuvrystrasse then and today, where Lola was shot in the film.

I undertook additional research for this piece in Berlin after the residency, amassing more photographs around Cuvrystrasse and interviewing a number of residents. I am still looking for ways to get finished work out of this enquiry, which is by no means over.

Ginko leaves and fruit from the area



The remains of the Yam club, the Lido remains nearby.

-with their backs to the river

The trees of Berlin as a counterpoint and enduring witness. Lola's constant movement, the trees absolute slowness. Their change in size over the past decade since the film was made. The hidden history of the Yam club, the underground music scene around Cuvrystrasse. I believe Franka Potente was living in the area with her partner Tom Tykwer at the time Lola Rent was made (1998). Did she perform at the Yam club at that time? Now demolished, she was shot in the film right in front of the club, on Cuvrystrasse.

I have yet to decide how to formalize this work. Am I looking for a small book/note-book like piece, short video, slide-show or graphic work(s)? It's important to me to finish this as a link into next summer's show and residency in Berlin.