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The sculptures combine two aspects. They offer a contemporary view of urban living, as well as a retake on a style of modern architecture: brutalism.
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© Guido Zimmermann[/caption]
The classic cuckoo clock is a symbol for the prosperity of the middle class and considered a kind of luxury for the home. The updated version, a prefabricated panel construction (“Plattenbau”), reveals today‘s urban and social life in residential tower blocks. Increasing rent prices in metropolises are causing the descent of this middle class.
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© Guido Zimmermann[/caption]
Zimmermann brutally stages these „Cuckoo Blocks“. The expressive architectural style still causes ambivalence today: grey concrete monsters or functional architecture? The selected buildings also illustrate a change in the history of usage:
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© Guido Zimmermann[/caption]
Built in 1969 by Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer, the hotel „La Flaine“ stands for the construction art of the modern age. On the other hand, it is often considered a grey eyesore, because the massive hotel complex made of raw concrete sticks out in the middle of the otherwise untouched nature of the French Alps.
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© Guido Zimmermann[/caption]
Ernö Goldfinger, renowned for his clear and rational architecture, developed the "Glenkerry House“ that was completed in 1970. While it once gave shelter to the average citizen, the skyscraper offers a barely affordable lifestyle in London today.
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Watch the video of the clocks being made below
Cuckoo Blocks Video
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CUCKOO BLOCKS | GUIDO ZIMMERMANN
Description provided by the designer. "Cuckoo Blocks“ is Guido Zimmermann‘s answer to the traditional Black Forest cuckoo clock. The shell is new, but the soul – a clock-work with cuckoo — has remained. [caption id="attachment_5498" align="alignnone" width="1802"] © Guido Zimmermann[/caption]
The sculptures combine two aspects. They offer a contemporary view of urban living, as well as a retake on a style of modern architecture: brutalism.
[caption id="attachment_5496" align="alignnone" width="1914"] © Guido Zimmermann[/caption]
The classic cuckoo clock is a symbol for the prosperity of the middle class and considered a kind of luxury for the home. The updated version, a prefabricated panel construction (“Plattenbau”), reveals today‘s urban and social life in residential tower blocks. Increasing rent prices in metropolises are causing the descent of this middle class.
[caption id="attachment_5492" align="alignnone" width="2784"] © Guido Zimmermann[/caption]
Zimmermann brutally stages these „Cuckoo Blocks“. The expressive architectural style still causes ambivalence today: grey concrete monsters or functional architecture? The selected buildings also illustrate a change in the history of usage:
[caption id="attachment_5497" align="alignnone" width="1467"] © Guido Zimmermann[/caption]
Built in 1969 by Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer, the hotel „La Flaine“ stands for the construction art of the modern age. On the other hand, it is often considered a grey eyesore, because the massive hotel complex made of raw concrete sticks out in the middle of the otherwise untouched nature of the French Alps.
[caption id="attachment_5491" align="alignnone" width="2000"] © Guido Zimmermann[/caption]
Ernö Goldfinger, renowned for his clear and rational architecture, developed the "Glenkerry House“ that was completed in 1970. While it once gave shelter to the average citizen, the skyscraper offers a barely affordable lifestyle in London today.
[caption id="attachment_5490" align="alignnone" width="1500"] © Jan-Kaesbach[/caption]
Watch the video of the clocks being made below
Cuckoo Blocks Video
