 So while walking back from class today I stopped in the St. Francis room because I read they were doing an exhibit on the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. It turned out that I read correctly, and the exhibit will only be around for a few more days. The exhibit included much background information about the wall and how oppressive East Germany was during the Cold War. However what really is meaningful is how far Germany has come since then. Much of the exhibit included information on how prosperous Germany is doing, not only in the financial world, but in the arts, media, fashion, and creative world to date.
One of the cool things about the exhibit was the remote control video they had on the projector. You used a little remote joystick that controlled the first person camera view on the projection screen. By doing this you can walk around, see all the paintings, graffiti, political protest, and information on the wall. Also, depending on where you walked, you could come in contact with humans in the simulation that would explain historical points about the wall, and then the simulation would flash to what the street and area looked like when the wall was first built.
An inquisitive student
Pardon the shaky camera in the video below, but I was recording while I was trying to play around with the wall simulation.The simulation was pretty cool, and the guy who was running the exhibit was very friendly also (he looked kind of bored, but then again, students weren't shoving each other to get in to see the exhibit exactly either).
I like little things like this because it adds a little bit more perspective to our lives. Even if I don't plan on becoming an expert on Germany and it's history, it's nice to know a little bit more information on the subject, specially if there is a chance I may go there some day (future plans perhaps, although I already have enough of those, might as well tack another one on).
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