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.

Modern Meta 03/2023 

"How art works with AI"
by Annika von Taube

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see:zeen 04/2023 

"AI and Photography"

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The Guardian 06/2013 

"Abandoned homes: bird's-eye views"
by Diane Hyde

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Tagesspiegel "Mehr Berlin" 02/2012 

 "Künstler Menno Aden"
by Jan Oberländer

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de zeen (dezeen.com) 11/2013 

"Lab photographed from a bird's-eye view" 
by Amy Frearson


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Philosophie Magazine, France, 10/2020

"Et si mon patron payait mon loyer?"
by Martin Legros

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Financial Times, Internazionale 1306, 09/2020

"Il capitalismo della sorveglianza" 
by Shoshana Zuboff

 

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Coco Berliner, 08/2012
Interview (german)

 

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Deutsche Welle, 2011

Photographer Menno Aden

 

Baunetz, 2014, german (PDF, 3 MB) 

"Der Fotograf Menno Aden" 
by Sophie Jung/Berlin Art Prize

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Publications

Menno Aden - Topographien

Online Catalogue (german, Pdf, 9 MB), 2019

 

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Home/Guest

Artist Book for issuu, 12/2020 

 

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Universidad de Costa Rica

Room Portraits
Revista de la excuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Vol 1 No.7, 2015 
ISSN 2215-275X (PDF, 2 MB)

 

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Pasajes Arquitectura

Artist Menno Aden
Pasajes Arquitectura, 06/2013

 

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ZAQ

Espace Fictif, ZAQ No. 5 2012 

 

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Tip Berlin

Tip Berlin, 06/2017

 

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Berliner Morgenpost


Berliner Morgenpost, 2016

 

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Ignant

Room Portraits Caroline Kurze
Ignant 11/2012

 

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Maison Francaise

"Kim kimi gözetliyor?" (Nilufer Artunc)
Maison Francaise Magazine, Istanbul, Turkey, 08/2012

 

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Water Stone Review

"Menno Aden"
Water Stone Review, Saint Paul, MN, US 11/2012

 

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Bild der Wissenschaft, 12/2013

 

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Pasajes Arquitectura

Pasajes Arquitectura 02/2014

 

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"Menno Aden - Room Portraits" (Liv Siddall)
ItsNiceThat-Annual 2012, 12/2012

 

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Berlin Poche

Berlin Poche, 06/2013

 

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Autostadt

"Toleranz in der Parapolis" Mark Terkessidis
Autostadt 02/2013

 

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ArtBaselMiami

Untold Art Magazine US, ArtBaselMiami, 2020

 

 

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Press review


2014

"Lab" (Laura Martin)
Pasajes Arquitectura No 131, p 4 - 5, Spain, Feb 2014


2013

"Un laboratorio biológico visto desde arriba" (Christophe Penasse)
Blogdeldiseno, Nov 2013

"Open Lab" (Stephan Becker)
BauNetzWoche #342, p 23 - 24, Nov 2013

"Lab photographed from a bird's-eye view by Menno Aden" (Amy Frearson) >> Dezeen Magazine, 02 Nov 2013

"Parkplatzkunst" (Jürg Kobel)
Foty - Blog über Fotografie, 02 Oct 2013

"Lares Berlinenses pelo artista Menno Aden" (Fernanda Cardoso)
Wonderlland Magazine, Brazil, 13 Aug 2013

"Abandoned homes: bird's-eye view"
The Guardian, GB, 28 Jun 2013

"Menno Aden zwycięzcą konkursu fotograficznego “Dom, moje miejsce na świecie" (Magda Świć)
Label Magazine, Poland, Jun 2013

Room Portraits - Menno Aden" (Laura Martin)
Pasajes Arquitectura 05/13, Spain, May 2013

"Room Portraits" (Magda Świć)
Label Magazine #4, Poland, May 2013

"Menno Aden" (Goran Mijuk)
Live Magazine, Switzerland, Apr/May 2013

"На всичко отгоре (To crown all)" (Ivaylo Haralampiev)
Kapital Magazine, Bulgaria, Apr 2013

"Menno Aden: Room Portraits. Conversations with leadings cultural figures" (Tish Wrigley)
AnotherMag, Mar 2013

"Room Portraits" (Ketan Kundargi)
Better Photography Magazine, India, Feb 2013

"Van Bouven" (Joke van Soest)
Quest Magazine, The Netherland, Feb 2013

"Menno Aden" (Léa Chalmont-Faedo)
Berlin Poche Magazine, Germany, Feb 2013

"Toleranz in der Parapolis" (Mark Terkessidis)
Journal der Autostadt, Germany, Jan/Feb 2012

"A Room With a View (From Above)" (David Rosenberg)
Slate/Washington Post, US, Jan 2013

"Menno Aden" (Basak Malone)
The New Collectors Book, NYC, US, Jan 2013


2012
 

"Menno Aden - Room Portraits" (Liv Siddall)
ItsNiceThat-Annual 2012, Dez 2012

"Room Portraits" IGNANT, 11/2012 

"Intrigerend perspectief: Kamers en winkels gefotografeerd van bovenaf" (Renée Sturme)
NSMBL, The Netherlands, 11/2012

"Menno Aden"
Water Stone Review, Saint Paul, MN, US 11/2012

"Menno Aden – Room Portraits" Thang, 06/2012, Electru

"Abstract Interior Photos Conjure Feelings of Vertigo" (Alison Zavos
Feature Shoot, US, 10/2012

"Room with a View" (Farhan Shah)
PhotoYou Magazine, Singapore, Oct 2012

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" Rising Attention - Menno Aden" (Han Cassie)
Design Net Magazine, Korea, Oct 2012

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"The Look At" (Orna G. Schneid)
Nisha Magazine, Israel, Oct 2012

"Life from above - Meeting Artist Menno Aden" (Eleanore Everdell and Jason Friedman)
The Hundreds in the Hands Magazine (Warp Rec.), GB, Oct 2012

"Der Über-Überblick" (Jannika Siegel)
Fotoforum, Germany, Sep 2012

"Berlín desde Arriba" (Laura Alzubide)
Casas Magazine, Peru, Sep 2012

"Kim kimi gözetliyor?" (Nilufer Artunc)
Maison Francaise Magazine, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug 2012

"Hypothetically, if an object is positioned at the focal point of the light entering the eye,
it will appear infinitely tall" (Amanda Dameron)
>> Butdoesitfloat, Jul 2012

"This Is What Your Bedroom Looks Like to the CIA" (Georgina Wells)
>> Artlog Magazine, Jul 2012

"Insolences d'une Caméra" (Michèle LaFerrière)
Le Soleil Magazine, Quebec, Jun 2012

"Menno Aden's brilliant light-bulb perspective photos offer a new view on personal spaces" (Bryony Quinn)
>> It's Nice That, Jun 2012

"Room Portraits by Menno Aden", (Amy Frearson) >> Dezeen Magazine, Jun 2012

"Menno Aden - Der Ueberflieger" (Katja Mollenhauer), Coco-Berliner, Germany, Aug 2012

"Der Künstler Menno Aden" (Jan Oberländer), Der Tagesspiegel, 18 Feb 2012


2011

"Menno Aden - Photography 2006 - 2011", Catalogue. Texts by Joseph Mulligan, Christina Wendenburg
Stuttgart, Oct 2011
>> Download Catalogue (PDF, 12 MB)

"Menno Aden - Kunst = Kapital"
Capital Magazin, May 2011

"The Eye of the Cyclops - The Raumportraits of Menno Aden", Joseph Mulligan
Barner Books, New York, Apr 2011

"Der irritierend andere Blick auf die Welt", Michael Scheiner
Mittelbayerische Nachrichten, Apr 2011

"Über-Blick: Die besten Fotos von Menno Aden"
Manager Magazin Feb 2011

"Einer behält den Überblick", Ruth Händler
Häuser Magazin, Jan 2011
>> More Information


2010

"Künstler Menno Aden", Wilhelm von Werthern, Le Monde Diplomatique, Sep 2010

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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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