U2 and Berlin Wall artist Thierry Noir are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the seminal album Achtung Baby and through a charitable donation to Institute for Sound and Music helping to pass the torch to the next generation of creators in Berlin. The exhibition will take place at the legendary Berlin Hansa Studios.
Hansa Studios
19th - 26th November 2021
Open 12 - 8 pm
Köthener Str. 38, 10963 Berlin
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Guests must each book a time slot individually even if coming in groups. Each time slot will last for 30min and has a maximum capacity of 6 guests. All attendees are required to comply with our COVID-19 “2G rule” (vaccinated or recovered). If we cannot verify that you are 2G compliant, entry will be refused. For the safety of all guests, you must wear a medical mask at all times and we ask you to respect the applicable distance rules.
One of the most significant records of the nineties and of U2’s career, Achtung Baby was recorded at Hansa Studios in Berlin at a time when the city was at the political epicentre of a changing world just as the Berlin Wall was falling.
The album was produced by long time U2 collaborators, Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno with Steve Lillywhite and drew myriad references from the West Berlin underground art and music scene of the era.
On the recommendation of mutual friend Wim Wenders the band sought out and commissioned Noir to paint a series of Trabant 601 cars for the album art of Achtung Baby and for use as lighting rigs in their upcoming Zoo TV World Tour. The combination of the iconic East German automobile, a symbol of the GDR, and Noir’s artwork was a fusion of East Berlin meets West Berlin and imbued the visual aesthetic of Achtung Baby with the cultural zeitgeist of the time.
30 years on U2 and Thierry Noir are reuniting for an Achtung Baby inspired exhibition in Berlin. The Trabant and a newly painted segment of original Berlin Wall will be the main features of a special one-off installation at the legendary Hansa Studios in Berlin 19th - 26th November.
Hansa Studios Exhibition Viewing: 19th - 26th November 2021
12-8pm
Location: Köthener Str. 38, 10963 Berlin, Germany
Guests must each book a time slot individually even if coming in groups. Each time slot will last for 30min and has a maximum capacity of 6 guests. All attendees are required to comply with our COVID-19 “2G rule” (vaccinated or recovered). If we cannot verify that you are 2G compliant, entry will be refused. For the safety of all guests, you must wear a medical mask at all times and we ask you to respect the applicable distance rules.
Thirty years ago, Bono described Achtung Baby as “the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree” while Jon Pareles of the New York Times wrote that “stripped-down and defying its old formulas, U2 has given itself a fighting chance for the 1990's”. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance and became one of the most significant records of the nineties and of U2’s career.
Recorded over six months at Hansa Studio in Berlin and Windmill Lane in Dublin, Achtung Baby is U2’s seventh studio album. Produced by long time U2 collaborators, Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno with Steve Lillywhite, Achtung Baby was engineered by Flood and released on 18th November 1991. Lead by The Fly, four other singles followed: Mysterious Ways, One, Even Better Than The Real Thing and Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses.
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