During September 2017, on the Bockenheim campus of the Goethe University in Frankfurt, you could see busy working with spray cans and on lifting platforms, and the lab room got a new coat of paint. Graffiti artist JUSTUS BECKER aka COR and painter OĞUZ ŞEN have struck again, or rather pressed the spray buttons and swung the brush. The result is probably the largest gift package in town: a completely painted building covered with a thick red gift bow.
The two have dedicated the tied work of art and their working hours to the subject of flight and exile. Refugees have already found shelter in the lab room for the past few years, more are expected and they should now be greeted with a nicer picture. The whole thing looks fantastic in terms of color alone, light and warm tones were chosen. Much more important, however, is the selected composition of the elements and their message.
The great thinkers and sociologists Adorno and Horkheimer denounce the facades with large, stern glasses and are meant to remind of their own flight and exile during the Nazi era. Germany was not always a welcome country. After their return, the two professors rebuilt what was left of the Frankfurt University. The architect Ferdinand Kramer, who also fled, designed the lab hall after his return.
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During the painting work we talked to the artist OĞUZ ŞEN about the sensational giant mural, the refugee situation and the possibilities of self-engagement, but also about fear of heights and how the lifting platform was sunk in the lawn:
Basically, it is about not letting political events pass you by in frustration, but rather realizing that it is time to take things into your own hands and get together with others to get your own projects off the ground. The initiative Zukunft Bockenheim (Future Bockenheim), No Border and the Project Shelter are also involved in “Solidarity City”. The transfer to a new use of the former university campus as a culture campus is just one example of how residents can design their surroundings themselves. Further information on the artists, the individual sponsors and the project in our information center.
>>> A big thank you goes to photographer AHMED MOHAMMED AHMED who contributed some of the shown great photos for the article <<<
INFOTHEK
Artist: COR – JUSTUS BECKER
Website: https://iamcor.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justus.becker1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corone_artist
Saatchiart: https://www.saatchiart.com/cor_artistlife
Interview: https://hearthis.at/radio-x-interviews/cor
Artist: OĞUZ ŞEN – OZ – BOBBY VON BORDSTEIN
Website: http://www.oguzsen.de
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ohno.mr
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oz.5en
Atelier: https://www.instagram.com/studio_alleskann
Interview: https://hearthis.at/radio-x-interviews/oguz-sen
Photo Credits: AHMED MOHAMMED AHMED
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ahmedmohammedffm
No Border: http://noborder-frankfurt.antira.info
Offenes Haus der Kulturen: https://www.ohdk.de
Project Shelte: https://projectshelter.noblogs.org
Zukunft Bockenheim: https://www.zukunft-bockenheim.de
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