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Sinai Hotels Location: Architekturzentrum Wien – Hall F3 Exhibition: 24 April 2008 - 12 May 2008 Opening: Wednesday 23 April 2008, 7pm Tickets: Admission free! Opening Karin Lux, Business Manager Az W Ulla Fischer-Westhauser, Fotomuseum Westlicht Sabine Haubitz, Haubitz+Zoche Stefanie Zoche, Haubitz+Zoche The concrete skeletons of five-star hotel complexes tower up like a mirage before a backdrop of azure skies, photographed in their abandoned state by the artist duo Haubitz+Zoche between 2002 and 2005 in the desert on the Egyptian Sinai Peninsular. Their envisaged splendour is witnessed alone by their alluring names: Sultan’s Palace, Sindbad, Sunestra or the Magic Life Imperial — names that promise a combination of blissful holidays and Oriental flair. There are many reasons why the building of the hotel resort ceased, ranging from bad investments to the embezzlement of subsidised state loans, and dwindling tourism caused by the perceived danger of terrorist attacks. Haubitz+Zoche have isolated these monuments to failed investment as architectonic sculptures depicted before the background of a mountain and desert landscape entirely void of people. The approach is as valid in documentary terms as it is conceptually, with images void of narrative associations. |
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Current Preview Permanent Exhibition Sinai Hotels CV Haubitz+Zoche Press Release: Sinai Hotels Links: Haubitz+Zoche WestLicht Information: Katharina Ritter Tel.: +43 (1) 522 31 15-32 Fax: +43 (1) 522 31 17 Email: ritter@azw.at |
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