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30.01.2010
„Shopping, an Intoxicant“ demonstrates how a single short word could work a veritable mass hypnosis. SALE has become the clarion call for the youth-conscious, dynamic and globally aware person of today. It incites a craving for material possessions and makes of responsible customers, compulsive and insatiable consumers. The days when we went shopping primarily to fulfill the family’s basic needs are a thing of the past. Now we shop till we drop. Shopping has become an event – an end in itself, an intoxicating leisure activity. The motifs of this photo sequence give food for thought and encourage us to examine our own consumer behavior. Are we still self-determined customers or already long since remote-controlled consumers? Shouldn’t we sooner limit our wants to bare essentials? We cannot go on ignoring social and environmental sustainability in the long term without suffering the grim consequences such heedlessness brings.
You will find the complete photo sequence and further details on the www.unikatfabrik.de website which has an English-language mirror.
01.05.2011
The Time Guards.
With his timeless installations “guards of time“, the thoughtful and versatile media and light artist Manfred Kielnhofer shows that since the beginning of time mankind has had protectors, both for historic and mystical reasons. It only seems that man himself is a potential source of danger for his own existence. In his works of art Kielnhofer deals with and looks into the natural human desire for feeling secure. Thus his oeuvre reflects genuine exploration, consideration and discussion of current as well as historic moods and sensibilities of his social environment. His works of art captivate with elaborate combinations of light and differentmaterials.
http://kielnhofer.com
http://timeguards.com
http://kielnhofer.at
http://fotopark.at
http://artpark.at
http://contemporary-art.at
http://lightart-biennale.com
