Animated loops
Graduation project
Im Trüben — A research publication and micro-exhibition exploring the physical origins of everyday German idioms.
“Metaphors: saying a lot with few words. Im Trüben creates an intriguing tension between the contemporary and the historical, breathing new life into centuries-old idioms.”
AED Neuland Jury Statement
Documenting the physical labor hidden in everyday language, the project catalogs these forgotten trades. To bring the metaphors back into the physical world, the book is paired with analog apparatuses. Viewers must turn a physical crank to reveal simple animated loops.
24x16 cm
144 pages
Softcover with a screen-printed linen dust jacket
Supervised by Prof. Olaf Fippinger & Richard Stickel.
Music (apparatus clip) by
Many thanks to Rebekka Jochem, Jonas Lewek, Rebecca Osterberg, Martina Peters and Katja Maria Lewek. This project would not have been possible without you.
Hochschule Wismar / Fakultät Gestaltung