Stadt Land Fluss 2010

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A brief history of the past – an overview
rebuilt in a sandbox

Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss - from south to north
Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss – from south to north

Stadt Land Fluss – view from south to north

Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss - the Alpes and Russia
Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss – the Alpes and Russia

Stadt Land Fluss – Italy, the Alpes and Russia

Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss - indien ocean
Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss – indien ocean

Stadt Land Fluss – indien ocean

Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss - from america to china
Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss – from america to china

Stadt Land Fluss – from America over Russia to China

Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss - from southwest to northeast
Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss – from southwest to northeast

Stadt Land Fluss – from southwest to northeast

Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss - Detroit
Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss – Detroit

Stadt Land Fluss – from London to Detroit

Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss - from electricity and automobiles
Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss – from electricity and automobiles

Stadt Land Fluss – America – electricity and automobiles

Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss - California
Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss – California

Stadt Land Fluss – California – near the mexican border

Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss - the time
Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss – the time

Stadt Land Fluss – and the time goes on

Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss - overview
Martina Büttner installation stadt land fluss – overview

Stadt Land Fluss – overview

Stadt Land Fluss, installation by Martina Büttner

Martina Büttner’s outdoor installation „Stadt Land Fluss“ was inspired by the first part of a book written by french author Jacques Attali „A brief history of the future“. In this text, Jacques Attali retraces human history from the middle ages until today. He describes in which way the center of the world, in successive eras, has been determined by economically important inventions and how it has moved from one place to another: Venice by the invention of the caravel, Antwerp with printing, Genoa with accounting until these days with Los Angeles and the invention of the microchip. The idea of the installation „Stadt Land Fluss“ was to rebuild or trace this history with toys in a sandbox, expressing the transiency as well as fragility of the human and its history.

Location

Arts Center of Antony (France)

Date

April – june 2010
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