172,316 m² : 900 = 0,1914 m²
The Jewish Hospital in Berlin-Wedding served as a holding camp and transit station for the deportation of Jewish people to concentration camps during the Nazi regime. It became a refuge for those in hiding. Until the liberation in 1945, people hid within its walls, particularly in the basement beneath building F.
On a total area of 172,316 square meters, approximately 900 individuals were concealed during the Nazi period. This corresponds to an area of 0.1914 square meters per person – roughly the size of a seat.
I capture time.
It lingers,
in the imprints.
Each unique.
Each a number.
The warmth of my fingers
shapes the wax.
The cold of the wall
causes it to harden.
I pierce them.
They define a space.
172,316 m² : 900 = 0.1914 m²
The size of a seat.
All numbers, all digits.
I multiply them into infinity
- into the incomprehensible.
wax impressions of the basement masonry
exhibition
