Shadow Cities 1-5
Künstler/in
Romana Fiechtner
(geb. 1975 in Innsbruck, Tirol)
Date2008
ClassificationsDruck
MediumC-Print, gerahmt
Paper Support5-teilig
Dimensions40 x 40 cm
Credit LineArtothek des Bundes
Object number27188
DescriptionS h a d o w C i t i e sN e w u r b a n w o r l d s , m e g a c i t i e s o n t h e e d g e
One can never really give a proof of the reality of anything; reality is not
something open to proof, it is something established. It is established just
because proof is not enough. It is this characteristic of language, at once
indispensable and inadequate, which shows the reality of the external
world. Most people hardly ever realize this, because it is rare that the very
same person thinks and puts the thought into action. Simone Weil
In times of extreme urban emigration individuals are having difficulties to find a secure livelihood. Various megacities have to deal with illegal growing neighbourhoods, better known as slums.
Squatter communities are almost part of every day life, the dark side of modern urban life, moving shadows.
Certain governments try to get rid of them in drastic ways - called
' O p e r a t i o n s D r i v e O u t Tr a s h ' .
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