Every time the DREAMERS heard someone talking about Berlin in the last few years, it has been energizing. It seems like every young artist in Europe has Berlin on their radar, if they haven’t already visited or moved there.  The city is young (it has been only twenty years old since the fall of the Wall) and maybe because ot the complexity of its past life, the love of Freedom is fundamental in Berlin.  An on-going city-wide affirmation. For us here in New York, Berlin seems like the bright-burning torch of Europe.

Researching places in Berlin to stage the portrait, the DREAMERS came across images of the Berlin Wall. To their great amazement, they realized that Berlin is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall this November, the same time they will be there to stage the portrait.

The photo above is by marc hoffmanfrom at so-called “East Side Gallery,” one of the few remaining sections of the Berlin Wall, reborn when artists from all over the wolrd came to celebrate freedom in Berlin days after the Wall fell in 1989.

Trust Art – The DREAMERS Project Picturebook – The Next Chapter: Berlin (November 14)