A Goethe-Institut project with Catalyst Arts and Urban Scale Interventions

From August 2020 the Goethe-Institut will set up interactive installations in public space celebrating Europe’s diversity of languages and ideas. Devised by Maria Jablonina with architect and engineer Werner Sobek and initiated by the Goethe-Institut a large frame will hold 6000 blocks inscribed with collected quotes from cultural figures from across Europe. From August 2020 ‘Disappearing Wall’ will be on view in; Antwerp, Barcelona, Belfast, Brussels, Gdansk, The Hague, Madrid, Milan, Namur, Nicosia, Poznan, Segovia, Thessaloniki, Turin, Vilnius and Warsaw.

The Disappearing Wall in Belfast will be installed on the roof of Castle Court Shopping Centre from the 1st October till the 12th October during the centre's opening hours.

This programme of workshops and engagement mirrors the projects aims by celebrating the diversity of Belfast through stories, shared experiences and history.

With thanks to all contributors and participants

Over the next couple of months Catalyst Arts will develop and present a series of engagement events looking at a re-mapping of the city beyond geography by inviting participants to share lived experience of Belfast within the gallery. The outcome of which will be shown as part of an ongoing engagement with the installation of the wall in Castle Court Shopping Centre and an opening event on the 1st October 2020

Building upon our outreach programme for 2020/2021 Catalyst Arts will expand on the theme of ‘Your City, Your Say’ by inviting selected artists and facilitators to present workshops related to this topic. The workshops will give participants the opportunity to work with professional artists in a wide range of mediums and encourage them to think creatively and engage with their surroundings.

For more information on each workshop and how to book go to our What’s On section