Structures and systems of order are the predominant themes of Berlin based artist Menno Aden, known for his cartographic photographic works. Aden's photo series deal topographically and analytically with our built environment.

Composition

What looks like constructivist painting turns out, upon closer inspection, to be vertically photographed sections of gymnasium floors. Aden took the photos in gymnasiums that were places of fear rather than places of joy: when up to 300 refugees found safe shelter in them during the so-called "refugee crisis" in 2015. Markings of different play systems that coexist without touching, or round floor coverings that shift against each other in playful carelessness become metaphors of human coexistence against this backdrop.

Untitled (Composition 36), 2017/18 30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8 in.)
Untitled (Composition 36), 2017/18
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Untitled (Composition 35), 2017/18 30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8 in.)
Untitled (Composition 35), 2017/18
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Untitled (Composition 30), 2017/18 30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8 in.)
Untitled (Composition 30), 2017/18
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Untitled (Composition 33), 2017/18 30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8 in.)
Untitled (Composition 33), 2017/18
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Untitled (Composition 31), 2017/18 30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8
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Untitled (Composition 34), 2017/18 30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8 in.)
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Untitled (Home-Guest), 2017

Untitled (Home–Guest), 2017 90 x 151 cm (35 .4 x 59.4 in.)
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90 x 151 cm (35 .4 x 59.4 in.)
Untitled (Composition 23), 2017 30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8 in.)
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Untitled (Composition 24), 2017 30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8 in.)
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Untitled (Composition 25), 2017 30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8 in.)
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Untitled (Composition 17), 2017 50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7 in.)
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50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7 in.)
Untitled (Composition 18), 2017 30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8 in.)
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Untitled (Composition 19), 2017 30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8 in.)
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30 x 30 cm (11.8 x 11.8 in.)
Untitled (Composition 21), 2017 100 x 70 cm (39.3 x 27.6 in.)
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100 x 70 cm (39.3 x 27.6 in.)
Untitled (Composition 20), 2017 100 x 70 cm (39 .4 x 27.6 in.)
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Devices

 

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Room Portraits


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Composition

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Assembly Lines

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Over Head

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Tracks and Fields

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Tubes

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Panel Flats

Menno Aden Studio

mail@mennoaden.com 

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