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Wohnkomplex
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Wie die ostdeutschen Plattenbausiedlungen in der Kunst verhandelt werden, thematisiert der Katalog Wohnkomplex. Kunst und Leben im Plattenbau, der begleitend zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung im MINSK, kuratiert von Kito Nedo, erscheint. Präsentiert werden Installationen, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Fotografien und Filme, die zwischen den 1970er-Jahren und heute entstanden. Mit Textbeiträgen von Grit Lemke, Bernd Lindner, Philipp Meuser, Kito Nedo und Kevin Hanschke sowie Juliane Richter.
History and Contemporary Life in the Prefab Block In the GDR, prefabricated housing was considered a central pillar of social policy and symbol of the progress of real socialism, as a site of community life that beckoned with modern living in vibrant residential neighborhoods. To remedy the enormous housing shortage after the war, the socialist government relied on the industrial production of homes, a scheme that culminated in the Wohnungsbauserie 70, a type of dwelling first presented in 1970. After German reunification, the prefab housing estates soon fell into disrepute, becoming scenes of wrenching transformation and emblems of social decline and racist violence. Now modern ruins, the buildings awaited demolition, underwent redevelopment or alteration. In today's eastern Germany, this form of housing remains a defining element of the urban scenery.
Accompanying the exhibition at DAS MINSK curated by Kito Nedo, the catalogue Wohnkomplex. Art and Life in Plattenbau surveys the ways in which art has grappled with East Germany's prefabricated housing estates. It presents installations, paintings, drawings, photographs, and films created between the 1970s and today. With text contributions by Grit Lemke, Bernd Lindner, Philipp Meuser, Kito Nedo and Kevin Hanschke, and Juliane Richter
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
120
Release Date:
2025-09-03
Publication Date:
2025-09-03
Publisher:
DISTANZ Verlag GmbH
Languages:
Original:
German,
Original:
English
ISBN10:
3954767880
ISBN13:
9783954767885
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Weight:
828 g
Height:
237 cm
Width:
315 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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