In 2001, Dutch performance artist Iepe B. T. Rubingh — better known as IEPE — erected an elaborate installation titled “The Berlin Miracle” in the German city’s Hackescher Market. The installation centered around a tree rooted in the center of the busy market, one that residents and commuters passed each day. But out of nowhere, the tree began to pour rain from it leaves and branches. One of the passersby in the video linked above says it best:
“I think it’s peculiar and amusing, because usually you stand under a tree to shelter yourself from rain. And now it’s raining under the tree and you seek shelter in the open. So in actual fact it’s a paradox of sorts.”
Following IEPE’s “Berlin Miracle” in 2001, he recreated the installation using another prominently placed tree, this time at The Singapore Biennale (pictured above) in September of 2006.
IEPE announced that he will be unveiling a new version of the installation in Arnsberg, Germany next month. The installation will run from August 1 through September 20 and coincide with the exhibition ‘Auszeit’ at the Kunstverein Arnsberg e.V., curated by Vlado Velkov. On August 1st, the tree will be honored by speeches from the local mayor, Mr. Frans-Josef Vogel, as well as a local priest Mr. Böttcher.
(Image via IEPE)
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