Points of Resistance II
An Outdoor Light Intervention by Bjørn Melhus
for Gallery Weekend 2021
30 April 2021
8:30 – 10pm
@ Zionskirche, Berlin
Zionskirchplatz, 10119 Berlin
POINTS OF RESISTANCE II Supports:
The initiative TOWER TO THE PEOPLE
Bjørn Melhus / LOQI / Galerie Ebensperger
with Bjørn Melhus’ Light Intervention
SOS // SAVE OUR SOULS
taking place during Gallery Weekend
30 April – 2 May 2021 at 9 – 10 pm
North Tower Frankfurter Tor, Berlin-Friedrichshain
On Friday night, join the initiative also at Zionskirche, Berlin:
SOS // SAVE OUR SOULS
30 April 2021 at 8:30 – 10 pm
Zionskirchplatz, Berlin-Prenzlauerberg
Presented by POINTS OF RESISTANCE II in cooperation with Zionskirche Berlin
It has become quieter and quieter around the arts and culture scene in the past 14 months, and a sense of lethargy and exhaustion seems to be spreading.
The initiative TOWER TO THE PEOPLE, consisting of the artist Bjørn Melhus, the Gallery Ebensperger and the Art Brand LOQI, would like to invite you and call for the joint action SAVE OUR SOULS – RETTET UNSERE SEELEN this weekend. Video link.
On the three evenings of the Berlin Gallery Weekend – 30.04 to 02.05.2021 – from 21:00 – 22:00 TOWER TO THE PEOPLE are sending an emergency SOS signal by switching on and of the lights in the north tower of the Frankfurter Tor.
On Friday 30 April at 20:30 – 22:00, POINTS OF RESISTANCE II is joining in from the tower of the Zionskirche.
The emergency signal SOS, otherwise used in shipping, will be morsed into the city space.
The light flashing in the tower invites all Berliners to join in by flicking their light switches from their apartments. Whether in the form of the Morse Code — three times short — three times long — three times short — or just by simply switching on and switching off the room light.
Two weeks after the action “Lichterfenster”, where the pandemic victims and their relatives were commemorated, SAVE OUR SOULS is to become a collective cry of distress for mental health and an expression of mutual compassion. In a time when depression and other mental illnesses have massively increased and the lack of art and culture is drying up our souls, the SOS signal is intended to set a common, peaceful, and above all safe sign of hope for all those affected.
SOS SAVE OUR SOULS is the prelude of a series of light art installations by the initiative TOWER TO THE PEOPLE.