2007-11-14
The phenomenon of blasting is described in many sciences. First, it is physics, which describes blasting as a physical phenomenon. Linguists would tell you that people often use the words “blasting”, “dynamite” or “bomb” in their speech (phrases such as “get blown away”, “blow your mind”, “she’s a bomb”). But why are people so attracted by the process of house demolition? This question is reviewed in the exhibition “Caution! Blasting Operations!” (Achtung Sprengarbeiten!) at the Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende (the New Society for Fine Arts). It explores the explosion as a symbol of powerlessness in the face of prevailing circumstances and at the same time the process of creating free space for something new. With this aim artists such as Marita Damkröger, Eiko Grimberg, Shirin Homann-Saadat, Peter Kees created works that correspond to the subject. The exhibition is supplemented by interviews with chief blasters, pyrotechnic experts, architects and other specialists. 

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