Conspiracy rooms drawings exhibition view at State Gallery Linz

Conspiracy rooms

Conspiracy rooms drawings exhibition view at State Gallery Linz

exhibition view
Francisco Carolinum Linz

Photographs depicting the interiors of secret conspiracy dwellings served as the raw material for this series of drawings portraying different Conspiracy Rooms. These dwellings were used by the former Ministry of State Security (Stasi) of the German Democratic Republic as a meeting place for the Stasi‘s unofficial employees and its leading officers. For these informants, a seemingly relaxed and cosy atmosphere was generated for the purpose of betrayal and denunciation. Conspiracy dwellings are non-places and don‘t have any spectacular appearance. Instead, they are superficial imitations of real living spaces and the differences and perceptible deviations can be found in only a few precise details. The drawings deal with the specific psychology of these interiors as well as their ambivalence of holding an inscrutable secret.

Conspiracy rooms drawing framed

The drawings in this series are made with charcoal and pencil on black paper and on veneer with black panel varnish. The visibility or invisibility of the drawn spaces changes depending on the viewing angle and the exhibition situation.

drawing on paper | 70 x 70 cm

Conspiracy rooms drawing kitchen

50 x 120 cm

Conspiracy rooms drawing furniture

52 x 50 cm

drawing on black board varnish on veneer

Conspiracy rooms drawing office

50 x 52 cm

Conspiracy rooms drawing framed

drawing on paper | 70 x 70 cm

Conspiracy rooms floor plan

floor plan of a conspiratorial apartment

Conspiracy rooms drawing

Conspiracy rooms drawing

Drawing on paper
each 70 x 70 cm

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Conspiracy rooms drawings exhibition view at State Gallery Linz

Conspiracy
rooms

Conspiracy rooms drawings exhibition view at State Gallery Linz

exhibition view
Francisco Carolinum Linz

Photographs depicting the interiors of secret conspiracy dwellings served as the raw material for this series of drawings portraying different Conspiracy Rooms. These dwellings were used by the former Ministry of State Security (Stasi) of the German Democratic Republic as a meeting place for the Stasi‘s unofficial employees and its leading officers. For these informants, a seemingly relaxed and cosy atmosphere was generated for the purpose of betrayal and denunciation. Conspiracy dwellings are non-places and don‘t have any spectacular appearance. Instead, they are superficial imitations of real living spaces and the differences and perceptible deviations can be found in only a few precise details. The drawings deal with the specific psychology of these interiors as well as their ambivalence of holding an inscrutable secret.

Conspiracy rooms drawing framed

drawing on paper | 70 x 70 cm

The drawings in this series are made with charcoal and pencil on black paper and on veneer with black panel varnish. The visibility or invisibility of the drawn spaces changes depending on the viewing angle and the exhibition situation.

Conspiracy rooms drawing kitchen

drawing on black board varnish on veneer
50 x 120 cm

Conspiracy rooms drawing furniture

drawing on black board varnish on veneer
52 x 50 cm

Conspiracy rooms drawing office

drawing on black board varnish on veneer
50 x 52 cm

Conspiracy rooms drawing framed

drawing on paper | 70 x 70 cm

Conspiracy rooms floor plan

floor plan of a conspiratorial apartment

Conspiracy rooms drawing

Drawing on paper
70 x 70 cm

Conspiracy rooms drawing

Drawing on paper
70 x 70 cm

Next
project