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Die Welt, undated (April 1999)
Fruit, Fruit, Fruit, Fruit and Vegetables!
The Swedish band IFA Wartburg brings the GDR back into the Treptow Glasshouse
By Michael Pilz
The GDR measures 38 square metres and lies in Stockholm, the capital of the Kingdom of Sweden. The GDR finds space in an apartment populated by Magnus Michaeli and Nils Lundwall. In their room, they collect the kitsch of this strange country, its rhyme reference books, and dictionaries. In the cabinet, they record songs and hymns: "Gestern war die DDR so toll, heute singen wir in moll." ("Yesterday, the GDR was so great / today, we sing in minor")
GDR means German Democratic Republic.
Now, this enclave's going mobile under the name IFA Wartburg. An undertaking with eight musicians, with trumpets, trombones, drums, bass, electronic organ, a flag with a hammer, compass, wreath of corn ears, and a stage buffet with radishes and cabbage heads. Michaeli and Lundwall perform as Rolf Kempinski and Heinz Klinger - in neckties and sweater vests. Of all places, IFA Wartburg take quarters in the Glasshouse this evening. Hier an der Narbe des Mauerstreifens zwischen Treptow und Kreuzberg, in einer alten Schlosserei mit Laufkränen an der Decke und Berliner Pils vom Faß.
IFA was the Industrievereinigung for Fahrzeug- und Anhängerbau.
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