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Sample works of the series Lost in Taunusanlage 12 T12 (2002) All images are copyrighted © Spiros MARGARIS click on an image to enlarge
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in Taunusanlage 12 (T 12)
Art
explores the way we live.
Work
is the most typical source of the means to live.
Work
exacts its tribute -- in the
workplace, we live the greater part of our lives.
In
Lost in Taunusanlage 12, I went into that which many people know as the
workplace, the corporate complex. Each
day, they take their last few breaths of unprocessed air before they go up into
great towers or deep into sprawling complexes, in which every corridor, every
office, every cubicle, every conference room is similar, if not identical, to
every other one, on every other floor, in every other wing.
In
this series, I tried to explore the de-humanization, isolation, monotony, fear
and disorientation that an individual can feel in these unnatural environments.
The
vehicle for my exploration is the action of a dream, my dream, which takes place
at twin towers located at Taunusanlage 12 in Frankfurt, the headquarters of
Deutsche Bank.(1)
I
move through the spaces in these twin towers and attempt to orient myself in the
space in which I suddenly find myself, where all the floors seem the same, no
floor numbers tell me where I am, and as I look out at the tower across from me,
I see into an identical space and face my own reflection. There are no street
names and no natural landmarks here to guide me.
I am in an artificial new geography, playing the various roles of its inhabitants, who each day must navigate it anew to earn their existence, to redefine and re-exert themselves, and for some, to earn the power over all the others that play within this separate society. (1) The setting for my exploration here is especially apropos given the unique use to which the bank’s art collection is put within the towers. In an effort to differentiate the identical floor plans and thus to help the buildings’ occupants orient themselves, each floor is dedicated to, and named for, the artist whose work is displayed on that particular floor. |
