Untitled (CityPark)
Five-storey car park, Drammen, Norway. Screen print on laminated glass. The three different glass areas are integrated as parts of the perforated steel outer walls.
A semi-transparent place, the car park’s walls consist of a grid of reinforced laminated glass with silkscreen prints. Bodin’s prints make use of imagery from the environments in and around Drammen. Photos, plans and drawings are used as raw material that is processed to vectorized abstraction – car culture is not recognizable per se, the links are indirect. Even more important than these organic/mechanical motifs are the effects of light and chance that create a different experience of the car park upon each visit. Red brakelights from departing cars reflected in the glass panes when within create new visual compositions. Outside, cloud formations, trees and public life create ever-changing visuals, depending on weather, light and urban activity.
Architect: Anders Granli/Halvorsen & Reine Arkitekter.
Process documentation on Flickr.
This project is featured in Übersee #2 and étapes 91 (French version) and étapes International #1 (almost made the front cover on #91).
I used images from this project as the leitmotif for the 2CD packaging of the Apoptygma Berzerk The Singles Collection on Tatra Records in 2003.
Geolocation and Google Street View for this permanent installation. The part of the building facing Sankt Olavs gate is not yet 100% covered by Google Street View.