The Silvio Meier Experience is a game tour with 5 mini games developed in cooperation with Dönerkind launched August 2014, in Berlin Friedrichshain.
The Silvio Meier Experience is an educational format about the spirit of resistance in the Berlin borough of Friedrichshain throughout the 20th century. It makes history tangible by installing thematic games at urban sites associated with historical events. Games address communist resistance against the Horst Wessel’s nazi groups in the 40ies; workers’ strike action against the East German government at the Karl-Marx-Alle building site in the 50ies; East German intellectuals’ opposition activities against the secret police Stasi in the 80ies; illegal squatters’ clashes with riot police in the 90ies; legal squatters’ organising against real estate developers in the 00ies.
Duration: 3 hours
Participants: ca. 15 players
Playing area: Berlin Friedrichshain
Requirements: Guided tour with playing materials