The Empty City at glogauair in Berlin

THE EMPTY CITY

June-24 - July 3, 2011

Opening : June 24, Friday, 8pm

Venue: GlogauAIR

Glogauerstr.16, 10999 Berlin

許家維 China-Wei Hsu

余政達 Cheng-Ta Yu

張怡貞 Yi-Chen Chang

吳佩珊 Pei-Shan Wu

王榆鈞 Yu-Jun Wang

Opening Performance

Yu-Jun Wang

Hui-Chen Lin + Max Loeb

Organized by IDOLONSTUDIO - www.idolonstudio.com

Cooperation Space by GlogauAIR - www.glogauair.net

Support by National Culture and Arts Foundation - www.ncafroc.org.tw

The Empty City, No One’s Left

Cities are the result of humanity, they seem to be half organic, continuously growing over time. The significance of the city extends from the center to the edge. The edge then becomes the center, forming a new edge. Due to its intricate structure, the history of a city is constantly in transition. However, like an organism, cities also age, die, and are reborn. Because of the rapid rate of change, there is not enough time for the organism to create a new shell. Once a city has become a ghost town, it also becomes a statement on contemporary human landscape. Perhaps the landscape was influenced by migrations, whether natural or because of war. These spatial transfigurations, both surreal and metaphysical, provide distinctive perspectives on culture.

The exhibition “The Empty City” reflects the artist‘s concern for urban life – its interpretation and reflection – by viewing the city through a series of metaphors from the summer solstice.