Photo emulsion on plywood, 2.77 × 2.40 m
Created from 7 February 2018, on view till today.
As part of the exhibition Space and Photography, Birgit Graschopf exposed the wall panel in the auditorium and developed it performatively in front of an audience.
The resulting image shows a central-perspective view from inside to outside. Taken within the museum itself, the work engages with the spaces and sightlines of the building’s rigorously clear, ornament-free architecture, with its tall glazed stairwells and concrete walls. The photographic perspective creates the illusion of the exposed wall breaking open.
For this purpose, the auditorium was temporarily converted into a darkroom, which visitors entered under red light. Through the development process using photographic chemicals, the initially blank surface gradually transformed into an image within a matter of minutes.
