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In post-colonial Africa, «White Elephant» was the name given to buildings erected with international money and never put to use; relic of an enormous waste. Europe has its own fair share of such mammoths: a pratically unused railway station designed by Santiago Calatrava near Lyon, the frame of an Aldo Rossi shopping mall in Berlin, a lonely feeder road in the middle of(...)
Weisse Elefanten / White Elephants
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In post-colonial Africa, «White Elephant» was the name given to buildings erected with international money and never put to use; relic of an enormous waste. Europe has its own fair share of such mammoths: a pratically unused railway station designed by Santiago Calatrava near Lyon, the frame of an Aldo Rossi shopping mall in Berlin, a lonely feeder road in the middle of nowhere, now slowly being reclaimed by nature... On his search for new developments in ruins, the Swiss photographer Christian Helmle discovered a vast amount of monumental solitary buildings and complexes throughout Europe's cities and countrysides. Relieved of their original functions, the barren structures have lost any connection to their environments, appearing alien and surreal. Throught Christian Helmle's shots they develop their own individual, touchingly melancholic aesthetic.
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Christian Helmle: Stralau
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The exhibition catalog ''Stralau'' takes the viewer on a voyage of discovery through the oeuvre of the Thun-based photographer Christian Helmle. In his photographs, Helmle deals with themes such as nature, architecture, and humans, whereby structures and topographies also appear time and again in his expressive works. The photos are accompanied by a foreword by Helen(...)
Christian Helmle: Stralau
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The exhibition catalog ''Stralau'' takes the viewer on a voyage of discovery through the oeuvre of the Thun-based photographer Christian Helmle. In his photographs, Helmle deals with themes such as nature, architecture, and humans, whereby structures and topographies also appear time and again in his expressive works. The photos are accompanied by a foreword by Helen Hirsch, Director of the Kunstmuseum Thun, as well as contributions by Konrad Tobler and Alisa Klay. While Tobler’s essay examines the tectonics and dynamics in Helmle’s photographs, Klay explores the photographer’s latest series of works as well as people in the urban social environment. The catalog is published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Thun and offers viewers a comprehensive insight into the artistic work of Christian Helmle.
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