Hier, wo wir sind

Hier, wo wir sind – Hattersheim, Alona Rodeh

Walls of fog that hide what is not meant to be shown. A black-and-white brick wall collapses and rebuilds itself over and over again.

The moment of destruction itself is pixelated and eludes the gaze. What is being concealed—and by whom? Drawing on the history of the site—the factory belonged to the Jewish Offenheimer family before 1938, who were forced into exile—Rodeh’s work questions the limits of memory and the representation of violence. What does the image reveal, what does it conceal—and what remains lost forever, caught between visibility and erasure?

“Here, Where We Are – Virtual Art Around the Corner” is a project by the WAVA Collective, initiated by the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain as part of World Design Capital 2026. In seven municipalities of the Main-Taunus district—Bad Soden, Eppstein, Flörsheim, Hattersheim, Hochheim, Hofheim, and Kelkheim—eight site-specific AR installations by eleven international artists expand the public space. Through the free WAVA app, available for iOS and Android, familiar places are made accessible as artistic sites around the clock: historical references come to light, and new narratives emerge. The project examines public space in the hybrid age and explores how digital interventions expand our perception of places.

The free WAVA app is available for download on iOS and Android via this link: https://www.wava.ar/

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