Daniela Keiser ranks among the most renowned contemporary artists
in Switzerland. In 2017 she was awarded the Prix Meret Oppenheim as
well as a studio grant from Landis & Gyr Stiftung that enabled
her to embark on an extended stay in London's East End. There she
discovered the Idea Store, the public library on Whitechapel Road
built by British architect David Adjaye in 2001-05. Upon its
opening to the public, this institution quickly became a meeting
place for a broad spectrum of society including for socially
disadvantaged people. The goal of the Idea Stores - eight of them
have so far been opened in various London boroughs - is to enhance
formerly neglected neighbourhoods and offer a low-threshold source
of education and information. From that initial Idea Store on
Whitechapel Road, Daniela Keiser began to take pictures of the
goings-on in the street outside. Her Library - Idea Store series
reveals a calm, repetitive but insistent image of the city and
offers insight into the small everyday variations of the
surrounding world. Her photographic reflection is accompanied by a
conversation between David Adjaye and art and architecture
historian Philip Ursprung. They talk about Keiser's perception of
the site and - without actually showing the building - the impact
of urban design and the architect's intentions.
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