Spaces of Knowledge / Memory Spaces
Spring Semester 1999, University of Applied Art, Vienna, Studio of Wolf D. Prix
Reflections,
as a source of knowledge, interest me. Recalling spaces that had left
a mark upon my consciousness, I selected eighty photographs from journeys
that had been taken over the previous five years. Each photograph depicted
some type of reflection. I mounted each onto a world map onto the place
in which it was originally taken. Then I marked the emotional association
of each image – happiness, desire, etc. The result was a constellation
of connections.
At the outset of the project, the supportive scaffolding of the model
served as a base and a structural frame. Over time the structural frame
should be substituted by the content of the building. The building should
reflect society and serve society’s needs. On the lowest level there
is a franchise ghetto and in the middle there is the work zone. The 65
by 200 meter roof is a public recreation park.
The different forms of my diagrammatic model reflect various phenomena
of my travel photographs.