Category: photography
- SOCIAL DISTANCING social design
- 2020
- installation / photography
- size variable
- Kerstin Weichsel
There are people in vital professions—right now—who cannot keep a distance of 2 meters. 200 cm: that`s about the length of two extended arms; that´s 50 cm longer than a tailor´s tape measure. YOU can help yourself and others: just take a piece of barrier tape of appropriate length—a sense of proportion is enough—it doesn`t … Continued
- 0,5 Degree
- 2018
- digital photography
- size variable
- Kerstin Weichsel
…Globally, the average temperature is already one degree Celsius higher than in pre-industrial times. The goal of the global community is to stop warming at less than two degrees, preferably at 1.5. At least that’s what the 2015 UN climate conference in Paris decided. But action must follow. ALL MEASURES TOTALIZED, to which states have … Continued
- PER SECOND
- 2017
- drawing
- inkjet, crayon
- A4
- Kerstin Weichsel
What’s the best you can do on New Year’s Eve at the stroke of midnight? Maybe what I’m doing just now. Taking a screenshot at Worldometers, an internet platform where you can watch global statistics in real time. The figures are hurtling by, sometimes too fast to read them. 31 December 2017, midnight, Berlin time: … Continued
- FASHION
- 2015
- digital photography
- size variable
- Kerstin Weichsel
Seen in Amsterdam, February 2015. It’s a balancing act that we’re being shown here. A provocative rap star poses for the new advertising campaign of an exclusive fashion label so as to (mutually) increase awareness. What else is there? Well, try assuming her posture: put on the high-heel strappy sandals, shift your full weight on … Continued
- FASHION
- 2014
- digital photography
- size variable
- Kerstin Weichsel
Seen in Berlin and Hamburg, November/December 2014. Centerpiece of the world—the magical sum of $5000 is what it costs to ship, say, 25.000 pairs of sneakers from Shanghai to Rotterdam, so the freight costs for one pair are just a few cents. The ‘can-do’ box of world trade is the 20 ft shipping container. 18,000 … Continued
- FASHION
- 2013
- digital photography
- size variable
- Kerstin Weichsel
Seen in Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg, September/October 2013. It works like this: you hire a model with the Midas touch, and presto! turnover figures—whether it’s for shampoo, dental care products, sandals, luxury goods or budget fashion—go up and up and up … However, the Greek legend actually said that literally everything that King Midas touched … Continued