Descriptions of objects and spaces form our shared consciousness, which we want to draw upon here to explain a "wide homeland" and to (re)discover the scale by which our identities can be measured. It is uncertain whether we can agree, but we are accustomed to proposing standards that align with human proportions. For example, the difference between an ell and a foot is 46.82 cm.
"Reading the name of our hometown on a small souvenir, which may only be an ashtray, it appears tasteless. If it said 'Timbuktu,' the same object would be appealing."
(Josef Frank: "Room and Interior Design," Form, Vol. 30, Stockholm 1934, Issue 10, pp. 217–225)
In the summer pavilion of the 21er Haus in Vienna, we read and perform from a revised spatial-theoretical text by Oskar Strnad from the year 1919.
Fotos: Leonard Prochazka
Ort: 21er Haus / Belvedere Wien
