carl auböck architekt

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

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

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

crafts

collectors shop

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

Samstag, 20. Februar 2010

brad

eine widmung für brad pitt auf der dominikanerbastei in kaugummi.

homage to brad pitt on dominikanerbastei / vienna made in chewing gum

gropiusiana

im dwell magazin waren gegenstände auf dem arbeitstisch walter gropius' fotografisch dokumentiert..

hand, fuß, ei und donaukiesel

einige davon hatte er von seinem ehemaligen studenten carl auböck (1900-1957) geschenkt bekommen oder in der werkstätte in wien gekauft gehabt.

einer davon ist der in leder eingenähte donau kieselstein . diese steine finden wir in der gegend des kritzendorfer strombades.

2009 haben wir den stein wieder in die kollektion aufgenommen.

the dwell magazine documented "gropiusiana" in photographs concerning the artefacts on the working desk of the silver prince.

after having been carl auböck's principal on the weimar bauhaus the two guys befriended years later and gropius purchased some of the foot, hand, egg and pebble pieces or got them as a gift.
since the 1940ties the pebbles we find on the banks of the river danube near the sportive resort of "kritzendorf" in the north of vienna.

nevertheless, his kind eye rested upon the pieces during the years of his work.

2009 the werkstätte decided to relaunch the important piece of auböck's ready made v- effect design ideas.