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THERE IS NO THERE THERE

con­crete sculp­tures, pho­tographs
2013

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The work “There is no there there” presents an inven­to­ry of typ­i­cal archi­tec­tur­al frag­ments tak­en from exist­ing sit­u­a­tions in urban agglom­er­a­tions. These omnipresent frag­ments of ordi­nar­i­ness and insignif­i­cance are cap­tured through the media of pho­tog­ra­phy, of archi­tec­tur­al mod­el sculp­tures and of mod­el pho­tog­ra­phy. The stan­dard­ized ele­ments of sub­ur­ban archi­tec­ture exist some­where between euphor­ic mod­ernist visions and dis­pas­sion­ate func­tion­al­i­ty, between hope and weari­ness. These ordi­nary frag­ments, which are at the same time exchange­able and uni­ver­sal – like an exte­ri­or stair­case, the front of a sin­gle-fam­i­ly house, a garage fore­court, an entrance, the façade of an office build­ing etc. – become the focus of atten­tion. As mod­els of every­day banal­i­ty they turn into instru­ments of inves­ti­ga­tion of basic prin­ci­ples, prob­lems and qual­i­ties of our built envi­ron­ment. Pre­sent­ed in such a way the banal gains sig­nif­i­cance, los­es its osten­si­ble implic­it­ness, and reveals an ambi­gu­i­ty that is hid­den behind its familiarity.

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Michael Hirschbichler, THERE IS NO THERE THERE, 2013
THERE IS NO THERE THERE, 2013
Michael Hirschbichler, THERE IS NO THERE THERE, 2013
THERE IS NO THERE THERE, 2013
Michael Hirschbichler, THERE IS NO THERE THERE, 2013
THERE IS NO THERE THERE, 2013
Michael Hirschbichler, THERE IS NO THERE THERE, 2013
THERE IS NO THERE THERE, 2013
Michael Hirschbichler, THERE IS NO THERE THERE, 2013
THERE IS NO THERE THERE, 2013
Michael Hirschbichler, THERE IS NO THERE THERE, 2013
THERE IS NO THERE THERE, 2013
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