Caption

On 13 and 14 February 1945, Dresden was heavily destroyed in three Allied bombing raids. Every year, the people of Dresden commemorate this event at various events. A long human chain symbolises the protection of the city centre. With S?I?L?E?N?T?I?U?M?, OchoReSotto presents a video installation on the façade of the Semperoper that translates the architecture, history and gestures of the opera house into a haunting visual language. Historical fragments, architectural patterns and precisely documented movements merge into lively compositions that oscillate between dynamism and deliberate standstill, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Date

Feb 13, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

Reference

BRK25G39_281

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68,7Mb (6,1Mb) / 20,0in x 13,3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

several bunch of multiple deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty long building buildings structure construction constructions city cities town urban urban municipal urban environment architecture architecture Second World War World War II World War 2 WW II WW2 WWII WW 2 history world war world wars politics politics movement movements motion attack attacks different differing varied varying diverse Variety of Miscellaneous various differents protection protect shelter three 3 language languages Semperoper Semper Opera House Semper building Semper Opera Saxony Sachsen State of Saxony German renaissance Renaissance period picture pictures image images Europe Europe's historic historical historically event events structure structures old town old towns historic center historic centre historic city centre historic city center historic old town historic part historical old town old city old district Old town area old historic town theater theaters theatre theatres Schauspielhaus dangerous opera house opera houses opera pattern patterns designs fight fighting fights battle battles fight fighting damage damages political broken shattered diverse varied assorted various heritage building heritage buildings danger dangers risk european body language body language East Germany Eastern Germany person persons Human being People human humans individual individuals risk venture bust destroyed wrecked broken damaged defective corrupted present presenting presents presented display displaying Dresden February February ally allies allied remembrance remembrances commemoration commemorating memory memories commemorate gesticulation gesticulation gesture gestures gesticulating gesticulates gesturing gesticulate warfare warfares Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD war wars outdoor shot exterior view exterior views outdoor shots exterior exterior exterior photograph outdoor photo exterior photographs outdoor photos fragment fragments broken piece broken pieces shard shards anniversary anniversaries year completion translate translating translates translated travel photography video installation video installations Video art composition compositions Downtown midtown city center city centre town center Town centre Inner city Inner town in the centre of Central Europe Middle Europe 1939-1945 Historic quarters Historic districts Historic district Historic quarter front frontage facade facades façade building facade Neo-Renaissance Renaissance Revival Renaissance Revival Neo-Renaissance style Human chain architectural Air war Visual language Bombing raid