Balloons - Jens Klein Culture & Society In an ode to Erdem’s

In an ode to Erdem’s late mother

written by the artist in response to her acquaintance with Christian’s and his “wetlook” community

and the circumstances by which they assume or become charged with new associative values

1929) is now recognised as a pivotal figure in the history of photography

Venezuela and obtained his degree in architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Balloons - Jens Klein Culture & Society In an ode to Erdem’sWhen the inner German border was established, West Germans would attach leaflets and magazines and subsequently books too to gas filled balloons installed with a timer mechanism that dropped them in the GDR if wind conditions were favourable. In the absence of any contextualization, the balloons could be many things: a childs plaything, land art, a performative installation, a meteorological measuring instrument, or even a means of broadcasting