WOLFGANG LEHRNER

Wolfgang Lehrner’s idea of Metro/Polis is to think beyond the real urban situation with all of its principles. A fictitious aspect comes into play. The impenetrability and shapelessness of Athens induces the viewer to discover in order to be inventive.

One might say that Athens is the city of cities – the cradle of democracy, science and occidental philosophy, it has once again become a focal point – albeit for European crisis and criticism.

Seen as a point of culmination or turning point, crisis is a moment of in-depth deliberation and new departures. Athens can thus be regarded as a European starting point and arena. Wolfgang Lehrner’s idea of Metro/Polis is to think beyond the real urban situation with all of its principles. A fictitious aspect comes into play. The impenetrability and shapelessness of Athens induces the viewer to discover in order to be inventive. Athens, 2015/2017