Description
The light sculpture formed part of a series of identical lights near the station Bahnhof Stadthaus in Dortmund. During the late 60s, the light sculpture was put up in several locations all over Germany, but today not a single one remains. Thus, Superkilen’s version has been produced from the images of the factory’s old advertising brochures. The short life of the light sculpture is symptomatic of the tendency to insist on eradicating the aesthetics of the previous generation completely. As a consequence, most modern urban decoration has the longevity of an IKEA couch.
