METRO/POLIS
is a concurrence of the other and the own, difference
and sameness, unity and diversity. These components
lay the foundations for thought, discussion and resistance.
The city is a moving home, a safe haven in foreign parts.
Wolfgang Lehrner?s idea of Metro/Polis is to think beyond
the real urban situation with all of its principles.
A fictitious aspect comes into play. The pictures of Athens
speak to us indirectly but forcefully. The impenetrability
and shapelessness of Athens induces the viewer to discover
in order to be inventive. At a time of uncertainty,
certainty must make way for assertion.
Athens, 2015/2017
Editor: Wolfgang Lehrner
Text: Marcus Steinweg
Translation: Richard Watts
Published by
Vfmk Verlag für moderne Kunst GmbH
www.vfmk.org
ISBN 978-3-903153-16-5
Distribution
Europe: LKG, www.lkg-va.de
CH: AVA, www.ava.ch
UK: Cornerhouse Publications, www.cornerhousepublications.org
USA: D.A.P., www.artbook.com