Waterlogged basket cases - Tiergarten artwork
EN:: Best photographed at night when there are no background distractions, this art installation in a pond in the Tiergarten, Berlin. spoke to me of the adjustments societies had to make to the advent of shopping trolleys in supermarkets.
The very functional trolley that came after the advent of self service shopping coupled with carparks, meant that shoppers able to walk the trolley out of hte shopping centres and leave them strewn around the environs. Then came the temptation for anti-social individuals to take the trolleys further, dumping them in ornamental ponds, lakes even rivers.
Artistically this appealed because of the duplication by reflection, the waterline not immediately apparent.
The visible memory has remained, but the artist, the gallery and the specific location have all faded from memory. However, we would be most pleased to have any of that information, if there is any viewer who recognizes or recalls this installation.
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D:: Diese Kunstinstallation lässt sich am besten nachts fotografieren, wenn es keine Ablenkungen im Hintergrund gibt. Sie befindet sich in einem Teich im Tiergarten in Berlin. Es sprach mir von den Anpassungen, die Gesellschaften an die Einführung von Einkaufswagen in Supermärkten vornehmen mussten.
Der sehr funktionelle Einkaufswagen, der nach dem Aufkommen des Selbstbedienungseinkaufs in Verbindung mit Parkplätzen auf den Markt kam, ermöglichte es den Käufern, den Einkaufswagen mit dem Wagen aus den Einkaufszentren herauszunehmen und ihn in der Umgebung verstreut zurückzulassen. Dann kam die Versuchung für unsoziale Menschen, die Karren weiter zu transportieren und sie in Zierteichen, Seen und sogar Flüssen abzuladen.
(Explore: 4 June 23)
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Our back story::
On our very first day in Berlin, we had so enjoyed many significant landmarks and encounters with people, that we just had to do some more exploring that night. As the night settled and the traffic quietened we were prepared to take our car into this unfamiliar city (driving on the other side of the road from what we are familiar with!) so quieter places like the Tiergarten seemed wise. We found it full of surprises - this art installation being one of them.
Waterlogged basket cases - Tiergarten artwork
EN:: Best photographed at night when there are no background distractions, this art installation in a pond in the Tiergarten, Berlin. spoke to me of the adjustments societies had to make to the advent of shopping trolleys in supermarkets.
The very functional trolley that came after the advent of self service shopping coupled with carparks, meant that shoppers able to walk the trolley out of hte shopping centres and leave them strewn around the environs. Then came the temptation for anti-social individuals to take the trolleys further, dumping them in ornamental ponds, lakes even rivers.
Artistically this appealed because of the duplication by reflection, the waterline not immediately apparent.
The visible memory has remained, but the artist, the gallery and the specific location have all faded from memory. However, we would be most pleased to have any of that information, if there is any viewer who recognizes or recalls this installation.
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D:: Diese Kunstinstallation lässt sich am besten nachts fotografieren, wenn es keine Ablenkungen im Hintergrund gibt. Sie befindet sich in einem Teich im Tiergarten in Berlin. Es sprach mir von den Anpassungen, die Gesellschaften an die Einführung von Einkaufswagen in Supermärkten vornehmen mussten.
Der sehr funktionelle Einkaufswagen, der nach dem Aufkommen des Selbstbedienungseinkaufs in Verbindung mit Parkplätzen auf den Markt kam, ermöglichte es den Käufern, den Einkaufswagen mit dem Wagen aus den Einkaufszentren herauszunehmen und ihn in der Umgebung verstreut zurückzulassen. Dann kam die Versuchung für unsoziale Menschen, die Karren weiter zu transportieren und sie in Zierteichen, Seen und sogar Flüssen abzuladen.
(Explore: 4 June 23)
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Our back story::
On our very first day in Berlin, we had so enjoyed many significant landmarks and encounters with people, that we just had to do some more exploring that night. As the night settled and the traffic quietened we were prepared to take our car into this unfamiliar city (driving on the other side of the road from what we are familiar with!) so quieter places like the Tiergarten seemed wise. We found it full of surprises - this art installation being one of them.