Donnerstag, 25. Februar 2010

vanishing vernacular vienna

in wien scheint es länger als anderswo zu dauern ,daß erscheinungsformen einer geordneten bürgerlichen existenz, in dem fall hier kleinbetriebe und ihre portale, sehr lange leerstehen und so dokumente einer vergangenen zeit und ihres vergessenen stils werden.
die verwitterten schilder, namen ("ria","erna") rühren aus einer zeit, bevor die welt und die menschen in analoge oder digitale erdteile unterschieden wurden.
der sichtbare zerfall und seine offensichtliche ästhetik entziehen sich dem zugriff der binären welt subversiv , verschwinden sie dennoch.

unlike most other european cities change takes a longer time here in vienna- so it is quite easy to show the closed down world of small business facades in an ambience of slow change. 
switches from lottery to wine shop, all the demented styles of postwar optimism, forgotten techniques of painted surfaces , the early silicone glues of the early 1970ties has died, some houses have lowered their weight onto the deserted shops in the ground floor, so the has-been white marble panels bulge outward like the embon-point belly of the butcher who ran the business for fifty years

 
      former butcher, now residence
                 
  butcher
     
       pastry shop

     bakery
        bakery

       butcher
                                                 
         bakery

 

  former lottery now wine shop

     bakery
                  
      bakery

    café

sweets shop

   bakery
       pastry shop

  former bakery , art agency now

misc. poultry  + meat shops

vegetables

 former small supermarket  w. long shadows

catering service, sandwich spread production

 gingerbread bakery

 bakery


       fruits and vegetables

  bakery

 bakery

    diary products

poultry

     café

 
 former tobacco shop now residence



smoking seems to be out of fashion

 
fashion

 
hairdresser

 
cobbler
 
interiors

 
pet shop

 
tobacco shop

hairdresser

 
electrical devices

 
tobacco shop

tanning studio

 hairdresser

shop

 
perfume shop
 
fireworks


hairdresser


 
tobacco shop

is what it is

hairdresser

 
flashings

toystore

 
esperanto bookshop

tobacco shop

sculptor

 
former bookbinder now language training

electrical

 
nylon stockings repair
tobacco shop

hairdresser

 
hats for ladies

hairdresser
floorings

 
night club

world globes
 
electrical
 shop

shop

shop

 
crafts

 
collectors shop



images were shot in march 2004. most of the objects were either demolished or of course renovated beyond recognition.







                                                              







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