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