Kristin Posehn at Museum De Paviljoens, SITE 2F7
Museum De Paviljoens, SITE 2F7
August 31 - September 30, 2008
Outdoors and open to the public at all times
Reclamation is a reproduction of the last remaining façade from the ghost town of Metropolis, USA. Metropolis was founded in 1910 as a real estate venture by The Pacific Reclamation Company, though due to insufficient water rights, by 1925 the town was largely abandoned.
The last and most permanent building in Metropolis, the Lincoln School, has almost completely crumbled to the ground. Pockmarked with bullet holes and corroding in the harsh desert weather, only the entrance remains standing in the shape of an arch.
This archway is reconstructed at 1:1 scale as a public outdoor architectural installation in Almere, the Netherlands. A three-dimensional replica of the decaying Lincoln School is clad with high-resolution photographs of the original. The work is a combination of architecture, photography and sculpture, and is fabricated from standard outdoor advertising and construction materials. Reclamation is located on SITE 2F7, the last remaining undeveloped plot of land in Almere’s city center, and is open for view at all times.
Reclamation includes a reprinting of the original brochure for Metropolis, The Pacific Reclamation Company Brochure, and the town’s promotional newspaper, the Metropolis Chronicle. Design of the republications is by Nina Støttrup Larsen with Kristin Posehn.
For more information, see LINKMuseum De Paviljoens
Odeonstraat 3
1325 AL Almere, NL
T. +31 36 54 50 400
F. +31 36 54 50 800
E. communicatie@depaviljoens.nl
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