Daily Dose 1894

Zara Pfeifer

Daily Dose Monographic Images 1894 | Zara Pfeifer >From series: Du, meine konkrete Utopie "In the 1970s, a group of colossal concrete towers with homes for up to 10,000 people rose up in the outskirts of Vienna. Unlike many similar modernist projects, Alterlaa still functions as public housing and resident satisfaction stands at almost 100%. Over four years between 2013 and 2017, Zara Pfeifer photographed the sloping buildings and their inhabitants, getting so close that at one point she even lived in one of the apartments. She discovered a reason for Alterlaa’s exceptional success inside the belly of the buildings, where windowless rooms host 33 community clubs that bring neighbours together for everything from jiu jitsu to ballroom dancing." ICC Berlin "Built in 1979 as West Berlin’s answer to the East’s Palast der Republik, the ICC is a singular product of its time: the 300-metre-long congress centre straddles a highway, features an auditorium that can be raised on chains to reveal a ballroom underneath, as well as 9,000 seats with built-in ashtrays. The future of the ICC has been in limbo since it was decommissioned a decade ago, but the architecture remains intact. Over several visits in 2021, Pfeifer documented this time capsule of late-1970s Berlin as it sits in standby mode." If you are in Zurich tonight don't miss the C/O BARDI book launch: Calcio Storico by Zara Pfeifer designed by Something Fantastic, with a drawing by Adam Sherman. from 6-10 PM Molkenstrasse 21 CH—8004 Zurich