Bomb Damage, Yorkstrasse, Berlin.

Some abandoned railway bridges and some still in use. Frequently passed on our way into Transart, summer 2009. I didn't get to make work from them on the residency but afterwards I went back and documented them with stills and video.

Similar to the Lola piece they too bear witness.
There is so much damage to the bridges and the surrounding walls. I tried to research why they were targeted to this extent, nothing conclusive as yet, although I did find logs of bombing raids on the area.

What I took to be C.I. sections must be steel given the extent of their gouging and distortion under the effects of the blasts.

Nature is reclaiming much of the surrounding post-industrial sites and railway sidings. Trees are actually growing into the edges of these fabricated metal bridges.

I also find the language of the ornamental capitals of some of the columns interesting.