In Quest of the Perfect Location
Christiania, photo print
Heimkino, video, 18 min, 2007
in: 1969 MAN SON 1969. The Horror of the Situation, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg 2009/10
In Quest of the Perfect Location investigates the heterotopias of the free state Christiania and the amusement park Tivoli in context of the recent city developments of Copenhhagen. The resultat was published by Space Poetry in the book In Quest of the Perfect Location.
more: Perfect Location Website
Heimkino compresses four movies to text- and sound-condensates:
Zardoz (1974), Westworld (1973), Mad Max II (1981) and The Beach (2000).
Their locations are strained in the dichotomy of inside and outside, the individual and the collective while the sensitive equilibrium of homogenous worlds is at stake. The intrusion of the alien and und the defense responses of threatened systems is a key motif. They tell stories about paradise and the pursuit of happiness while suspending all prevailing norms.