Pneumococcus
Unter Uns / Amidst Us
“Who constructed the bridgehead buildings?” This question is the leitmotif of an installation in the heart of the city, in Linz’s Hauptplatz. It is echoed by questions about the engineers, the construction workers and the building materials. Who was involved? Who took the initiative? Who did the work? Was it the architects of the Nazis? Concentration camp prisoners? Forced labourers? What were conditions like for those who produced the building materials and for those who constructed the actual buildings? The installation UNTER UNS attempts to make the stones of the bridgehead buildings “talk” and wants the past to become visible. An architectural intervention and a groundfloor installation visualise the research process. Even though this installation focuses on no more than one single case it will shed light on various aspects of Nazi era everyday life, which was lived under the twin shadows of tyranny and fascist aesthetics.
Unter Uns / Amidst Us
“Who constructed the bridgehead buildings?” This question is the leitmotif of an installation in the heart of the city, in Linz’s Hauptplatz. It is echoed by questions about the engineers, the construction workers and the building materials. Who was involved? Who took the initiative? Who did the work? Was it the architects of the Nazis? Concentration camp prisoners? Forced labourers? What were conditions like for those who produced the building materials and for those who constructed the actual buildings? The installation UNTER UNS attempts to make the stones of the bridgehead buildings “talk” and wants the past to become visible. An architectural intervention and a groundfloor installation visualise the research process. Even though this installation focuses on no more than one single case it will shed light on various aspects of Nazi era everyday life, which was lived under the twin shadows of tyranny and fascist aesthetics.