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.
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.
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
bakery
fruits and vegetables
bakery
bakery
poultry
café
smoking seems to be out of fashion
shop
hairdresser
hairdresser
toystore
sculptor
hairdresser
hairdresser
floorings
shop
shop
shop
collectors shop
former tobacco shop now residence
smoking seems to be out of fashion
fashion
hairdresser
cobbler
interiorspet shop
tobacco shop
hairdresserelectrical devices
tobacco shop
tanning studio hairdresser
perfume shop
fireworks
hairdresser
tobacco shop
is what it ishairdresser
flashings
esperanto bookshop
tobacco shopsculptor
former bookbinder now language training
electricalnylon stockings repair
tobacco shophairdresser
hats for ladies
floorings
night club
world globes
electricalshop
shop
shop
crafts
images were shot in march 2004. most of the objects were either demolished or of course renovated beyond recognition.