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A car, a pylon, a ticket, a traffic sign, red and green traffic light signals: the objects in the exhibition ‘Level Up’ by GAFFA collective are grouped around the theme of cars and traffic.
Everything in the exhibition is a little oversized: The car is almost as long as the exhibition hall, the pylon reaches almost to the ceiling and the parking ticket on the floor would barely fit into a ticket machine. Everything too big, too much, too crowded? The reality is no different: Traffic jams at rush hour, the cars are getting bigger and the roadworks are not getting any less.
By exaggerating, GAFFA succeeds in drawing attention to everyday objects and asking what these objects actually stand for. Material alienation also plays an important role. The objects lose their functionality and their characteristics are often turned into the exact opposite. The car park ticket lies on the ground, carelessly discarded. In the exhibition, however, it appears in the form of a hand-tuf…
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A car, a pylon, a ticket, a traffic sign, red and green traffic light signals: the objects in the exhibition ‘Level Up’ by GAFFA collective are grouped around the theme of cars and traffic.
Everything in the exhibition is a little oversized: The car is almost as long as the exhibition hall, the pylon reaches almost to the ceiling and the parking ticket on the floor would barely fit into a ticket machine. Everything too big, too much, too crowded? The reality is no different: Traffic jams at rush hour, the cars are getting bigger and the roadworks are not getting any less.
By exaggerating, GAFFA succeeds in drawing attention to everyday objects and asking what these objects actually stand for. Material alienation also plays an important role. The objects lose their functionality and their characteristics are often turned into the exact opposite. The car park ticket lies on the ground, carelessly discarded. In the exhibition, however, it appears in the form of a hand-tuf…
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