Exhibition: 22 March – 9 May 2013
Opening: Friday, 22 March 2013, 6:30pm
Aedes Am Pfefferberg, Christinenstraße 18-19, 10119 Berlin
Open hours: Tue-Fr 11am ill 6.30pm, Sat-Sun 1pm till 5pm
Details here.
The exhibition grows out of a body of ongoing research by the Barcelona-based architect Julia Schulz-Dornburg. The focus of the work, which first began in 2010, is the photographic inventory of abandoned speculative construction in Spain. On view are landscapes that have been occupied by unfinished residential resorts and consequently left with lasting damage. The premature decline of these settlements, brought on by the property market crash, presents us with images of disquieting beauty, of the incongruence of the brief life of property speculation and its lasting physical consequences. The photographic documentation of these residential resorts is presented alongside their promotional material, researched biography and pertinent urban planning information.
