When the sun shines on the Berlin Fernsehturm’s tiled stainless steel dome, the reflection usually appears in the form of a cross. This effect was not anticipated by the Swedish architects. Berliners nicknamed the luminous cross ‘Rache des Papstes’, or the ‘Pope’s Revenge’.

For Equinox, I encircled the TV tower from sunrise to sunset following the sun’s reflection on the tower. I took a picture on every point of view where the tower was visible.

A 12 hour day is reduced to 22 seconds. The tower seems to revolve around itself.

Animation, 22 sec loop, no sound, 4:3 ratio

Equinox, 2016; exhibition view at Kunstverein Bamberg, 2025. Photo: Heike Baranowsky