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thus existing only as personal experience or memory.
With the help of coordinates they can be found and some places even
have an address. By this character they essentially distin- guish
themselves from buildings which keep form and presence over a certain
time frame albeit being destroyable. Still buildings however are called
- in German - 'Immobilien' (real estate) for economical reasons (must
be economics with a German twist to it ;-)). Even though they wear out
or collapse and where required may also get moved,removed or demolished
we conceptually distinguish them from other things like commodities and
wares that may circulate easier. Every building is transportable as a
matter of principle even if it was like the ancient Egyptian original- ly
carved out of the mountainside Abu Simbel - reconstructed now on
another spot above the raising water level. This is possibly the most
striking example for compact buildings sharing characte- ristics with
things which are reproducible and transportable. Furthermore many earthquakes reveal structural damage which in connection with the contracts given afterwards for reconstruction make clear that corrupt developers regard buildings as temporary installations which are the more profitable the more often they require repair and reconstruction. 2. Level of presentation
On the level of presentation
Eckstein as well as Schroeder work mainly with cardboard and paper.
Whilst Eckstein builds the spacial level of his installations directly
with vessels like for example cuboids of cardboard boxes, PET bottles
and light hoses Schroeder focuses on projections that correspond to the
immaterial character of sleeping spots that have been abandoned almost
traceless. On
the one hand there are satellite photographsTRACES OF SLEEPING SPOTS AND MOVEMENT OF GOODS |
that supply snap shots
which are more or less in focus of places that have been occupied
formerly for a few hours, on the other hand there is a photograph that
shows a sleeping bag on a beach of black sand of volcanic origins.
Sporadic traces of civilization like bottles, plastic bags and pieces
of clothing indicate accom- modation on a minimal scale which has
equivalents to Eckstein's installations.
Cardboards that homeless use to get themselves minimal shelter from sight and weather for one or several nights do indeed drop away from intensive movement of goods but it is taken care of them disappearing as low-key as possible from the commercially used inner cities. That is why the makeshift built accommodations of homeless built from those are permanently in danger. They need to be folded up and hidden during the day so that the next day no energy is wasted with searching for new cardboards and their transport. Thus like sleeping bags cardboards represent a minimal object for the potential usage of public space as temporary sleeping spots. Like the storage of the disposed of cardboard boxes is their presence endured for a while where necessary as it stays invisible for the public, but is unwanted for different reasons. The same applies to the informal public work- places of different artistic professions like those of sprayers, screevers, street performers or musicians who traditionally use the public space together. 3. Inquest
In EINSTELLUNGSRAUM
exhibition objects are made to 'talk' by the respective yearly theme.
This year it is 'Shared Space' and the respective intersections between
this subject and the inherit knowledge, the experiences and the
ambitions in the exhibited works are to be distilled.BETWEEN STATICS AND DYNAMICS |
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Vernissage |
| This exhibition is the 03. for the year project shared space 2009 of the EINSTELLUNGSRAUM e.V. | |
| Supported by the department for culture, sports and media of Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg and district office Wandsbek | |