sometimes i'm rather uninspired when it comes to photographing ( when am i ever? ), and even if the day is filled with interesting things to look at, my photos often don't display that. these photos i took while i was visiting my friend in frankfurt, where we decided to look at the artists and prophets exhibition at the schirn. overall, it was a very good day and very interesting. we got to see original works by egon schiele and in real life those paintings were even more impressive and increased my love for schiele a thousand times. there were more artists involved in this exhibition: friedensreich hundertwasser, joseph beuys & frantisek kupka, just to mention a few. the exhibition was about the interrelation of self-declared prophets & artists who at the same time used their art to convey their particular beliefs. it also told the visitor about the inspirations behind these creative minds, illuminating various thinkers and philosophers. it showed me again, that everything we do or create, is always dependent on someone's accomplishments and ideals, we just might take it a step further. i personally think that we already reached a point where you can't create something new anymore, something edgy or pioneering, because it all has been done before already. my personal favourite when it comes to creative eras, is the time between 1880 until 1940/50 because the world views were shifting so much back then. barriers were torn down, good ones and also horrendous ones and it inspired so many people to re-evaluate their beliefs. and historically speaking i think it was the most influential time of all times, a time that built the modern world as we see it today. but that, my dear readers, is only my own perception and opinion. of course every era had an influence on us, from the early beginnings of humanity until now, it always has, we are too much of a susceptible species to deny this. i'm just saying that if i'd had the chance to use a time machine, then this would've been the era i would've been visiting ( and the dark age of course ). those were cruel and jolting times, but they were important to humanity in so many ways... unfortunately humans tend to forget hard times, so now, in this age, we have to re-experience the mistakes people are doing for more power.
i didn't want this to end up so profound and also i lost my way a bit, so back to the very random photos of that day in frankfurt.
a ghostly spider found its way into my car.
we sat down at café extrablatt near eschenheimer turm to enjoy a soft drink or two.
outside the schirn.
the entry hall of the schirn recently accomodates this clock pendulum by alicja kwade which is circling above your head and ticking loudly symbolizing the pendulum of time. it makes you realize that it is in fact your very own clock ticking away.
we ate hamburgers at lovely burger place - meat us.
and also ate baked potatoes. jörg immendorf, who was also part of the exhibition had to contribute a few words to our potato encounter ( what coincidence! ): the picture needs to adopt the function of a potato. very wise words, mr. immendorf.
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