✕ Fahnenflucht

Intervention ― Peter Behrbohm and Anton Steenbock (SONDER) ― aluminum tubes, rope, microcontroller, East German flag ― dimensions changing ― sample facade of the Prussian castle that was rebuilt between 2013-20, at the site of the socialist Palace of the Republic, Berlin 2013-?

For the daily flag salute, a German flag with the socialist emblem is raised fully automatically and with graceful slowness. It flies in the wind for a minute before returning to half-mast.