From the crack of the wall in Warsaw to pyramids in Bosnia; Sina Greinert has enriched many events and festivals with balloons and attracted the attention of visitors with its sculptures. See for yourself - look at the projects section for details!
The Bang of the Berlin Wall
Neighbours - You and Me
Bal(ka)loons
The Bosnian Pyramid
Photoshoot Oberhafen Hamburg
Dom - Festival Wroclaw Sound
Dinner Party
The fall of the Berlin wall that lead to the reunification of Germany would have been impossible without the civil engagement of Germany’s Eastern neighbors. Balloon installations were made to recall the days when Polish civil society gave an essential impetus to Germany through their peaceful revolution. This installation of a wall and its destruction by Polish and German hands suggests that the fall of the Berlin Wall was the achievement of many peoples in Central and Eastern Europe. It is hoped that this performance encourages action supporting freedom and democracy globally.
Event: “Deutschland sagt Danke”, 2009
Partner: Foreign Ministry of Germany
Photos © Auswärtiges Amt
Neighbours can be in fight or live aside in a friendly relationship – no matter if it is as states or intermixed peoples. With the aim to illustrate to children the advantages of friendship and exemplify a process of conflict resolution a simple neighborhood scenario was created from balloons: my house-your house, my family – your family, my pet – your pet. During the opening performance children had the chance to experience the heights and depths of German and French relations, which resolved in the closest of friendships. The German and the French Ambassador, the French band “Les Tzygognes” as well as the artists and many children participated in the performance.
Event: Kid’s Festival in Sarajevo, 2009
Partner: Sempertex
The project “Bal(ka)loons” took the form of a seminar offered at the Sarajevo Faculty of Fine Arts. Together with its students Sina Greinert and Sean Rooney installed a big hand made from balloons at the façade of the building, which is the symbol of a Bosnian youth movement Dosta. It has been chosen by the students as the message they want to send to the wider public. “Balka(lo)ns” came together as an art project in which balloons were used to create temporary monuments, with lighter associations for a change. It was designed to support the peace process by helping extend and intensify public discourse. It was inspired and informed by “De/Construction of Monument,” a cultural initiative developed by the Sarajevo Centre for Contemporary Art and dedicated to opening possibilities for non-dominant interpretations.
Event: „Deutsche Tage Sarajevo“, 2006
Partner:German Ambassy Sarajevo, Sarajevo Center for Contemporary Arts (SCCA), Sempertex
Photos: SCCA
“Wer an Bosnien glaubt, glaubt an die Pyramiden” sagte der bosnische Künstler Almir Batski und träumte. Umstrittene Archäologen hatten die Existenz von Pyramiden in Zentralbosnien bekanntgegeben und wurden dafür heftig kritisiert. Doch selbst wenn die Pyramiden nichts mehr als natürliche Bergformationen sind, steht die Pyramide als Symbol für ein vereintes Bosnien und Herzegowina. In Altertum, als Pyramiden errichtet wurden, teilte sich die Region des heutigen Bosnien und Herzegowinas nicht in die drei konstituierenden Völker der Bosniaken, Kroaten und Serben. Die Pyramiden wären insofern kulturelles Erbe eines vereinten bosnischen Volkes.
Veranstaltung: Kid’s Festival Sarajevo, 2007
Partner: Viakult e.V. , Sempertex
Fotos: Juan Francisco Casas
Ein Haus spaziert durch Breslau. An nur einem Tag baute Sina Greinert mit der Hilfe von Freunden ein Haus aus Ballons und trug es durch die Stadt. In Kooperation mit dem Breslauer Musikprojekt DOM wurde die Performance im Rahmen des Festivals Wroclaw Sound präsentiert.
„If people build a house, they usually aim to build themselves a home. Home is a place to be comfortable, to be yourself and to be surrounded by the people you appreciate. Using the medium balloons to build a house adds an odd dimension to the attempt of building a home. Due to their fragility and their short life span balloon sculptures symbolize not only joy, but also vulnerability and ephemerality. They are just there for a glimpse of time. Balloon sculptures are temporary monuments of happiness.”
Veranstaltung: Wroclaw Sound, 2009
Partner: Musikprojekt Dom
Fotos: Bohater
