Sunday, 6 April 2008

nationaal museumweekend

foam -- yvonne + irene


Daniel & Geo Fuchs: STASI – Secret Rooms
14 March - 4 June 2008
photo set of the hidden rooms once used by the STASI, the infamous East German secret service. much of the former DDR infrastructure has been destroyed, or given an entirely new function, the clandestine spaces that daniel and geo fuchs photographed are still in their original condition (offices, cell complexes, bunkers, living quarters and interrogation rooms: everything is exactly the way it was before 'die wende') the architecture and emotions that evocate from these rooms are chilling... very modern, yet stark and cold.



Taryn Simon - An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar
18 January – 6 April 2008
my favorite photograph -- a shot of the us customs contraband room at jfk... all the things people try to bring in to the us: pig's head, rats, fruit, drugs, ...


motel mozaique in rotterdam coming up..

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