S\u00f8ren Lose\u2019s current artistic practice concerns topics such as architecture, symbolism, power and myths. The basis of his work is found documentary material, which he presents in new aesthetic and conceptual contexts. \u201cAbendland\u201d (Occident) is a project concerning the history of Berlin, a place where diverse epochs and political systems are mirrored in the city\u2019s architectural appearance everywhere: bullet-ridden facades from the Second World War, prefabricated GDR buildings, Nazi architecture, communist memorials or post-modern office blocks.<\/p>\n
Entering S\u00f8ren Lose\u2019s space-consuming installation in Studio 2, one is immediately struck by the model of a neo-Classical, white facade at the back of the room; it seems to be half sunken into the floor, and only when one looks more carefully is it recognisable as an entrance portal to the \u201cNew Reich Chancellery\u201d built for Hitler by Albert Speer \u2013 of which, however, no trace remains in today\u2019s city. By focusing attention on the building as a model in a public place, S\u00f8ren Lose poses the question of whether a dark chapter in history can be \u2018wiped out\u2019 without trace simply by removing its symbols; calling for critical discussion, he also appeals to each of us to handle his own personal history with more awareness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-9225","kb_exhibition","type-kb_exhibition","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"article_image":9222,"article_image_bu_de":"","article_image_bu_en":"","datum_suche":"2013-07-08 12:10:51"},"yoast_head":"\n