#1 Genesis Come into the woods, little statue come don’t be afraid Plattenbauten are so high and you are so small, like a duck or a snowball but you know that snow balls can roll and roll and rolls up pick it up! An fleet of queens and farmers and cats and pigs, a rustle of omas, devils, smart wives, giants and boys an ocean of courage and thousands of spells a lake of intelligence and 1000 years of sleep Golden ball, Scented rose, Three golden hair, Growing nose Instead of stone and wood, polyester sounds so good “Mein liebster ist der Riese, der ist so schon blöd.” Go, little statue come into this brave new world here we are all the same don’t be afraid 'cause.. Progress is so straight and you seem so weak, like a broken spade but you know, all too well that spade can dig and dig ‘till the rural paradise where our people came from “Keine abstrakt kunst!” ribbited the frog, and sculptor Wenske used the right colors green for the frog, gold for the gold, blue for the water and yellow for the girl, and pink, yes pink for those two little sins Golden ball, scented rose, three golden hair, growing nose instead of stone and wood, polyester sounds so good Come, little statue come into this brave new world don’t be afraid 'cause.. the world is spinning and turning but polyester stands firm steady and strong – long lasting! We make everything in polyester, statues, trees, flowers and dreams Polyester we believe in you “Keine platten Geschichten !” said the naked emperor “Sonst rollen hier gleich die Köpfe!” Golden ball, scented rose, three golden hair, growing nose instead of stone and wood, polyester sounds so good “Wir sind schon ewig hier. Da waren die Bäume noch nicht so gross. Sandwege überall. Und der Brunnen war ursprünglich grösser: Den konnte man von draußen sehen.” Sparkle and shine, sparkle and shine you Flower in bloom, blooming flowers! Bang bang bang bang bang! Brooom brooom brooom broom! Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock Anyone out there? # 2 Cement with red powder mix The flats went up, one by one, in prefabricated cement, ton by ton it takes no more than 11O days, to build 11 stories without delays! Up two three four, up two three four! A miracle of car facilities and plattenbau, green heating pipes and muddy paths, Sojus’ red star shining into the night over the hills filled with rubble Up two three four, up two three four! They paint the walls in red, paint the house in red, among all colors that you see Originalrot their house will be Nina Hagen will never shout again: “Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen” Prestigious people come here to shower in bathrooms that have windows, and water comes pouring out of the wall, in fresh or even warmer modes Up two three four, up two three four! On the WBS70 housing model, Goldene Hausnummern state that here neighbours can shape Rosa Luxembourg’s window drapes Up two three four, up two three four! They paint the walls in red, paint the house in red, among all colors that you see Originalrot their house will be "Rund herum, hier war alles noch Matsch und Baustelle." From the flat the horizon you can zoom, on the balcony instead of a pot bloom the Kosmonauten rocket boom you can set as an extra hobby room Up two three four, up two three four! And if inside some heating pipes, a kid might loose his way back home, then Bummy and Lischka will take care to show him the way to their house Song 3 – Everything that was good turned into bad 1986 The new Hellersdorf district is split from Marzahn while the Märchienfiguren are casted 1987 In Marzahn the ‘Berliner Gartenschau Gelände’ opens to celebrate 750 years of Berlin 1988 Last building activity in the south-east zone 1989 “Das ist Berlin” 1990 Everything that was good turned into bad 1991 Who stole my golden ball again…? 1992 Two out of three golden hair fell off the Devil’s head… 1993 “Die Farben der Märchenfiguren sind auch nicht mehr das, was sie mal waren” 1994 I sneeze and all my castle of cards flew like in the wind… 1995 Was when they advised tourist to stay out of Marzahn’s white trash... 1996 But what does it mean to be left at the periphery of something? 1997 “Es ist ausserhalb der Stadt, ist aber keine eigene kleine Kleinstadt irgendwo in Brandenburg" 1998 19.5 % unemployed. The giant challenges the tailor to squeeze water out of a stone 1999 Sozialintegrationsprogramme are launched 2000 70% of kids under the poverty line 2001 -20.3 % loss of population in 5 years 2002 Rieselfelder: sewage water plants are closed. Our stories are told and retold, by me as by you, as a drop of water on a stone 2003 Ahrensfelder Terrassen, make 5 out of 11 floors! 2004 “Resist to Exist”, biggest punk festival in Germany 2005 Eastgate shopping centre opens 2006 ‘Cindy aus Marzahn’ starts her show 2007 A new inhabitant joins the fairy tale garden: Der Kleine Muck 2008 At the Imbiss! A new sausage! “Wir sind seit dreißig Jahren hier, und wir bleiben noch mindestens zehn Jahre!” 2009 ORWOhaus gets an official rental contract 2010 Oleg Peters, former director of Marzahn-Hellersdorf Circle, expert in territorial marketing leads the campaign for the “rebirth” of Marzahn. Italian garden joins Garden of the World 2011 What will you do when you grow up? Cosmonaut, pop star, or get Hartz IV 2012 Agenda 2016 : unemployment among young people will be history ! 2013 Second fusion of Marzahn and Hellersdorf 2014 Vietnamese biggest market in Germany Don Xuang center opens not too far from the Clean Tech Business Park 2015 Marzahn-Hellersdorf Skywalk. Taste berlin air 70 metres above the ground. Don’t get dizzy on the neighbourhoods first skywalk. 2016 The first cabin way of Berlin is in ‘Gärten der Welt’. The Figurinen travel through Marzahn. 2017 Hundreds of thousands of people will move here soon, are they Kreutzberger? # 4 Up and down I lived in a 20-storey building, at the top, I could touch the sky with my finger if I wanted Then people started to leave, or die or disappear Anyway, the city got empty, and.. And the floors went down, the floors went down like the D-Mark, the sun, the mood, like the fun » Wir müssen den Detroiteffekt verhindern: ein leerer Stadtteil sorgt für Probleme! « But the piped-piper with his flute lead people away And the floors went down, the floors went down like the D-Mark, the sun, the mood, like the fun You should have seen my Berlin bears collection that by thousands shared the flat with my husband It could have become a perfect museum, now the bears are sealed in my second floor flat And the floors went down, the floors went down like the D-Mark, like the sun, the mood and the fun Goodbye, goodbye sky, goodbye, goodbye! even before seeing Marzahn.2 Our tears were behind our polyester eyes » Der Schnee in Marzahn schmilzt zuletzt! « And the floors went down, the floors went down like the D-Mark, like the sun, the mood and the fun But the snow doesn’t last forever Young families come, one by one Pushed out from Berlin by gentrification Marzahn is so green, seen from above So the floors went up, and the floors went up Like the D-Mark, the rent, the mood, the ketchup We have left behind all what we understand Now we must go on, yes we must demand: What do you think about the rubbish and intolerance? Are you afraid of east mafia arrogance? And now here we go, we go up to the top, Like the Mark, the rent, the mood, and the ketchup Any minute now, something will happen Now, for the other life, the one without mistakes Call me when the world is ready! Hello, we need you: everything is new ! And the floors go down, and the floors go up Like a yo-yo, a roller coaster, a moon and the schnapps. # 5 Sleeping city The lull, the quite, the open skies Good night city, good night stars The city sleeps early and deep, blue calm envelopes the streets But then the school bus rockets you into the chair knocked into a deep sleep, you let yourself float… until the teacher wakes you up: “Hier wird nicht geschlafen”, no matter how late you stayed up to work at the Spätkauf of your dad no matter if he needs you, you are still a lad “Nachts sind die Bürgersteige in Marzahn hochgeklappt." A sleeping prince A sleepy street A street sweeper A deep sleeper A winter sleep A beauty sleep A sleeping beauty A black sheep How many boys dream at school Under the blanket of unspoken taboos Because still they are asked to help, to round off the month selling booze? So, where does a dream end? And what can sleep really mend? Will the princess still be your girlfriend? Steadily reported by headline news demonstrations denounce a kind of politics difficult to pronounce A sleeping prince A sleepy street A street sweeper A deep sleeper A winter sleep A beauty sleep A sleeping beauty A black sheep This is Berlin! (said our airbnb host) before charging us for the extra soft pillows close your eyes and swallow A sleeping prince A sleepy street A street sweeper A deep sleeper A winter sleep A beauty sleep A sleeping beauty A black sheep # 6 –Pluriversum Beyond this bench beyond this path beyond this garden beyond this new U-bahn station beyond this garden art fair There is a world: The pluriversum of Marzahn-Hellersdorf Do you know the farm where old buffalos take care of lost souls? Do you know the rappers from ORWO house? The rainbow sculpture? The 11th heaven? Do you know Dung? In the backstage of his shop in Don Xuang he prints dreamy landscapes for Vietnamese new year and he plays the dan-dai Have you been to La Casa? It fiercely grows anti-fa cactus and independent ideas Beyond this bench beyond this path beyond this garden beyond this new U-bahn station beyond this garden art fair They told us so many things, some nice fairy tales and some horror tales just choose yours when you get out, lift up your nose: a pluriverse is around you