For this work, Bayer juxtaposed quotations from the German Marxist playwright, director, and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) and the Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary critic Lu Xun (1881-1936). Not only were these linked aesthetically during their lifetimes in the first half of the twentieth century in their roles as critical leftist writers far from the literary and political center in Moscow, but the processes of their appreciation in the aesthetic and political realms are also strongly intertwined: Lu Xun, who is very well known in China and is also considered a founder of modern literature, mainly due to the use of colloquial language in his writings, was born in the
1950s in the People's Republic of China by the Communist Party, Bertolt Brecht in the 1970s by the Socialist Unity Party in the GDR. Although Lu sympathized with socialist ideas, he never joined the Chinese Communist Party and always maintained a critical distance. During the Cultural Revolution, the Communist Party declared Lu one of the fathers of communism in China, but at the same time suppressed the intellectual culture he represented. Lu Xun, who not only wrote many essays and novels, but also translated works of world literature into Chinese - including works by Bertolt Brecht - is often associated with Bertolt Brecht: Both are linked by the experience of the transcultural and the intellectual confrontation with the capacity for language and the lack of understanding. Lu had lived in Japan for several years at the beginning of the 20th century and spoke several foreign languages. The theme of disorientation in a foreign cultural context runs through his work. Brecht, on the other hand, who lived abroad from 1933 to 1948, primarily in Denmark and America, did not want to learn foreign languages so as not to affect his ability to express himself in German. Bayer has selected quotes from both writers, among others, that deal with the complex themes of truth, objectivity and mistrust in society. Is there an objective truth? Do we have to distrust information and news? Bayer animates a dialogue on content across the city through the flags with quotes from Lu and Brecht. Especially in times of "fake news" and post-factual politics, it is important that we let socially critical thinkers like Brecht and Lu inspire us to think and question.