Susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
Susanne Kriemann,The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Sorting IV, inkjet on paper, 152 x 188 cm, edition of 3, 2007
The former Central post office in Rotterdam is a building from 1959, which is currently under construction to become an office building, including the working space of the biggest investor of Rotterdam on its roof.
Just before the entire post sorting machine was taken apart, I photographed the building’s interior: the post sorting machine, offices, cantina, roof.
The photos document a time in urban development that is significant for the re-organization of the public and the private sector. The composition and colors of the photos refer to modern form language, the title emphasizes on the link, a quotation by Rosalind Krauss.
In itself the photographs open a dialogue between the former and the future, a moment that does not exactly match a time frame. It is not only a document of time between construction and demolition, but as well an image of the industrial age, the age of post sorting machines for millions of letters, the information age… it revisits a modern dream and at the same time communicates an ambiguity as to whether this dream is past or futuristic.
Susanne Kriemann, 2007
susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Machine I, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
Susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Machine II, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
Susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Machine III, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
Susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Office, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
Susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Sorting I, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
Susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam) , Sorting II, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
Susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Sorting III, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
Suanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Slide I, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
Susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Slide II, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
Susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Slide III, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
Susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Canteen, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
Susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Slide IV, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
Susanne Kriemann, The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam)
The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths (former Central Post Office Rotterdam), Pipes, inkjet on paper, 112 x 143 cm, edition of 3, 2007
