Berlin Alexanderplatz Kaufhof Reverse
Photographic and film montage consisting of 4084 photographs
In Berlin Alexanderplatz Kaufhof Reverse, I reconstruct the view surrounding the Kaufhof department store (formerly the Centrum Warenhaus). Four facade panels, each 160 x 560 cm, have been assembled from 4,084 individual images, photographed from the inside looking out through the holes in the building’s “honeycomb” facade. The view of the building takes on a double meaning. Assembling the individual perspectives creates a view of the building, with its unmistakable honeycomb structure, as a negative form of the view from within. The viewer is presented with a perspective that seems to suggest that the architecture itself is looking out at its surroundings like a living thing.
In the film of the same name, Berlin Alexanderplatz Kaufhof Reverse, the views from this multifaceted architectural eye become a film sequence, set in motion at a rate of 24 frames per second. The result is a fictive tracking shot through the interstices of the facade, simulating a mechanical scan of the four views.
Photographic and film montage consisting of 4,084 small-format photographs, each taken through one of the holes in the “honeycomb” facade of the former Centrum Warenhaus, from the inside looking out. Reassembled into four facade panels, each 160 x 560 cm, and a 16-mm film, 2:43 min. + 7 frames, loop.
In the film of the same name, Berlin Alexanderplatz Kaufhof Reverse, the views from this multifaceted architectural eye become a film sequence, set in motion at a rate of 24 frames per second. The result is a fictive tracking shot through the interstices of the facade, simulating a mechanical scan of the four views.
Photographic and film montage consisting of 4,084 small-format photographs, each taken through one of the holes in the “honeycomb” facade of the former Centrum Warenhaus, from the inside looking out. Reassembled into four facade panels, each 160 x 560 cm, and a 16-mm film, 2:43 min. + 7 frames, loop.
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![Berlin Alexanderplatz, Kaufhof Reverse, Heike Klussmann, Alex](view/content/426/BerlinAlexanderplatz-KaufhofReverse-HeikeKlussmann-Alex.jpg)
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Berlin Alexanderplatz Kaufhof Reverse
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Photographic and film montage consisting of 4,084 small-format photographs, each taken through one of the holes in the “honeycomb” facade of the former Centrum Warenhaus, from the inside looking out. Reassembled into four facade panels, each 160 x 560 cm, and a 16-mm film, 2:43 min. + 7 frames, loop.
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Talking Cities
Zeche Zollverein Essen
Berlin Alexanderplatz ¬Kaufhof Reverse is shown at Talking Cities - The Micropolitics of Urban Spaces, Zeche Zollverein, Essen.
www.talkingcities.org
www.talkingcities.org
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Antje Wachs Gallery
Berlin
Heike Klussmann
KAUFHOF
September 24 - October 29
KAUFHOF
September 24 - October 29
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Berlinische Galerie
Berlin 89/09: Art Between Traces of the Past and Utopian Futures
Berlin 89/09: Art Between Traces of the Past and Utopian Futures at Berlins Museum of Modern Art, Photography and Architecture.
Heike Klussmann shows a selction of her work around the deconstroction of Alexanderplatz Berlin.
www.berlinischegalerie.de/berlin-8909
Heike Klussmann shows a selction of her work around the deconstroction of Alexanderplatz Berlin.
www.berlinischegalerie.de/berlin-8909