Foam “Brick” Prop from The Wall – Live in Berlin concert on July 21, 1990

Foam “Brick” Prop from The Wall – Live in Berlin concert on July 21, 1990

Music, Music History, Radio, Art History, Cold War, Set Design

This prop was used in the 1990 live performance of The Wall in Berlin, by Roger Waters and guest performers. The concert commemorated the fall of the Berlin wall, which occurred eight months before.
As noted by the plaque attached, the prop was stolen by Barry Chase and Scott Woodside, who were hosts of the Z93 radio show in Atlanta at the time. Chase and Woodside were broadcasting live from Berlin during the concert, and stole the prop to bring it back to the United States after the concert was finished. Back in Atlanta, the radio program hosted a theater viewing of the concert, where they raffled off the brick to one of the attendees.

ID: The first photo shows the front face of a 58 inch tall, 32 inch wide, and 23 inch deep white Styrofoam brick. The front face has 2 stickers, and one metal plate attached. The second image is a zoomed in image of the plate detailing the event the prop was used in, and the names of the two people who stole the brick after the concert. The third image shows the top profile of the brick, where the slot in the long faces are visible, which allowed multiple of the bricks to stack on top of each other.

Physical Dimensions: 58” x 32” x 23″

Roger Waters & the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief

Personal Collection

July 1990

Jordan Croteau

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Event Props

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