In Perspective, Planet: Enter at your own risk.

[Jerome Marot]

You had been warned. This story does not have a happy end. This is the first picture.

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[Asher Kelman]

Jerome,

Did you mean us to click on the image and then go through 997 pictures?

Asher

 

[Jerome Marot]

No, this was not intended. Sorry for the confusion. I just need to make the image clickable to comply with flickr's terms (and then, interested members can click and get mundane details like the lens and camera... aren't we discussing that in another thread? ).


I mean that I will post more pictures as time goes. Here is the second one.

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Between 1936 and 1938 a complex of barracks were built on a 24 hectares piece of land in the north of Munich. From 1993 onwards, the army left the place and sold the land back to the city of Munich in 2006 to build a new housing complex. Between 1993 and 2008, the place was hosting the largest artist colony in western Europe, about 250 Ateliers.

I only found about the story last year.

 

[Jerome Marot]

I can only imagine how the life was when the artists were still using the place from the messages they left behind them.

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[Asher Kelman]

Jerome,

Are there articles on this where people have examined the meaning of the writings?

Asher

 

[Jerome Marot]

I don't think so. Maybe in a few hundred years.

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[Jerome Marot]

Although, sometimes the writing is quite unambiguous.

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The buildings are abandoned before they are torn down. Going there is like visiting someone's living room in their absence.

 

[Michael Nagel]

Jerome,

I like that series and I am curious on what will be shown next.
Unfortunately these kind of places are disappearing in Munich...

Michael

 

[Jerome Marot]

Yes, the places are disappearing. This is the sad part of the story. But more about this later, for the moment, just try to imagine how it must have been to live there.

Blue​

 

[fahim mohammed]

I am enjoying this immensely. The art.

Next, please.

Regards.

 

[Jerome Marot]

Next, then:

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But I thought that you were only interested in pictures of people?

 

[Jerome Marot]

Writings...

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[Asher Kelman]

Yes, the places are disappearing. This is the sad part of the story. But more about this later, for the moment, just try to imagine how it must have been to live there.

Blue​

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There's a blue Hunderwasser!, LOL!

Obviously, when one looks at this one has to think of the people and society that made all these artifacts and the pressures that cause its decline at each stage of its life cycle. However, there are no people there now, except you as a witness and that's bleak!

Asher

 

[Jerome Marot]

You are right when you say that it is bleak. When I was in the house, I felt the gone life, the energy, but there was only silence and death.

People left personal marks, parts of themselves, fingerprints.

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But the people themselves were gone.

 

[Jerome Marot]

You were invited, but you missed it.

You were invited, but you missed it.​

 

[fahim mohammed]

Asher Quote:
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There's a blue Hunderwasser!, LOL!

Obviously, when one looks at this one has to think of the people and society that made all these artifacts and the pressures that cause its decline at each stage of its life cycle. However, there are no people there now, except you as a witness and that's bleak!

Asher
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Jerome Quote:
You are right when you say that it is bleak. When I was in the house, I felt the gone life, the energy, but there was only silence and death.

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People left personal marks, parts of themselves, fingerprints.

But the people themselves were gone.
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Jerome Quote:
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But I thought that you were only interested in pictures of people.
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Beautiful, haunting, fascinating and very instructive.

I am particularly interested in takingand seeing photographs with people in them. Not necessarily of people alone.

Thank you for bringing this to us Jerome.

 

[Jerome Marot]

Beautiful, haunting, fascinating and very instructive.

I am particularly interested in takingand seeing photographs with people in them. Not necessarily of people alone.

Thank you for bringing this to us Jerome.

You are welcome.

There were no people in the houses as I visited them, so we can only imagine how much they loved the place. Domagk is the name of the place.

My world is lost.​

Later in the project, I met people. This is the sad part I warned you about. But later.

 

[fahim mohammed]

Thank you for the response.

 

[Jerome Marot]

Sometimes the message was clear, sometimes not.

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[Jerome Marot]

Sign on the entrance to the next house. Play on words between "Art is taking place" (Kunst findet statt) and "Art finds its city" (Kunst findet Stadt).

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[Rajan Parrikar]

I can't wait for the next image!

 

[Jerome Marot]

I can't wait for the next image!

Here it is:

Wall​

 

[Jerome Marot]

When I entered the house, I did not know what to expect. But I am glad I could save some memories before they are gone forever.

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The world is very fair to see;
The Artist will not let it be;
He fiddles with the works of God,
And makes them look uncommon odd.

(Sir Walter Raleigh)

 

[Doug Kerr]

Hi, Jerome,

The world is very fair to see;
The Artist will not let it be;
He fiddles with the works of God,
And makes them look uncommon odd.

(Sir Walter Raleigh)

Indeed!

Best regards,

Doug

 

[fahim mohammed]

" The world is very fair to see; "

Could someone please explain this for me; help me understand it.

Thanks.

 

[Jerome Marot]

It means, more or less, "the world is very plain to see": it is there, easy to be seen as it is, clear, obvious, unambiguous.

fair 1 (fâr)
adj. fair·er, fair·est
1. Of pleasing appearance, especially because of a pure or fresh quality; comely.
2.
a. Light in color, especially blond: fair hair.
b. Of light complexion: fair skin.
3. Free of clouds or storms; clear and sunny: fair skies.
4. Free of blemishes or stains; clean and pure: one's fair name.
5. Promising; likely: We're in a fair way to succeed.
6.
a. Having or exhibiting a disposition that is free of favoritism or bias; impartial: a fair mediator.
b. Just to all parties; equitable: a compromise that is fair to both factions.
7. Being in accordance with relative merit or significance: She wanted to receive her fair share of the proceeds.
8. Consistent with rules, logic, or ethics: a fair tactic.
9. Moderately good; acceptable or satisfactory: gave only a fair performance of the play; in fair health.
10. Superficially true or appealing; specious: Don't trust his fair promises.
11. Lawful to hunt or attack: fair game.
12. Archaic Free of all obstacles.

 

[fahim mohammed]

Thank you for that explanation.

Here, for benefit of those that enjoy poetry, is the full poem.. " The Artist ".

The Artist and his Luckless Wife
They lead a horrid haunted life,
Surrounded by the things he's made
That are not wanted by the trade.

The world is very fair to see;
The Artist will not let it be;
He fiddles with the works of God,
And makes them look uncommon odd.

The Artist is an awful man,
He does not do the things he can;
He does the things he cannot do,
And we attend the private view.

The Artist uses honest paint
To represent things as they ain't,
He then asks money for the time
It took to perpetrate the crime.

 

[Doug Kerr]

Hi, Jerome,

It means, more or less, "the world is very plain to see": it is there, easy to be seen as it is, clear, obvious, unambiguous.

I would actually take it more as meaning 1 from your dictionary citation; still, the potential for ambiguity (or double entendre) is wonderful.

I may have recently quoted here something one of my colleagues said about me years ago: "When Kerr uses a word that could have two meanings, that's what he means".

Best regards,

Doug

 

[Michael Nagel]

... But I am glad I could save some memories before they are gone forever. ...

Documentary work is sometimes looked down upon by a few artists. Even as it does something very important for them - preserving (their) work which is bound to disappear and making it accessible to a larger public.

Thanks for starting this series and carrying on with it. In a few years, somebody might ask for it...

Michael

 

[Jerome Marot]

In a few years, somebody might ask for it...

I doubt that.

The door into summer.​