Un Sedicesimo 31

Nora Krug’s "Sedicesimo" is a visual investigation of memory. At a Berlin flea market, the author collected images and artifacts that, to her, intrinsically represent her homeland, Germany. She has compiled them to tell the story of a group of hunters, volunteer soldiers, who le

Nora Krug’s "Sedicesimo" is a visual investigation of memory. At a Berlin flea market, the author collected images and artifacts that, to her, intrinsically represent her homeland, Germany. She has compiled them to tell the story of a group of hunters, volunteer soldiers, who leave their homes and their beloved forest to serve their country. The forests featured in these beautiful illustrations, much like the desire to hike, and to experience and wander through nature, represent an important part of German psychology, as well as Nora Krug’s childhood memories. Un Sedicesimo 31 is a striking collage through which Krug tackles the discomfort that comes with visualizations of German nostalgia, expressing the author’s ambivalent attitude towards Germany’s past. The text is taken from a poem called, "The Hunters’ Farewell", by German novelist Joseph von Eichendorff.