i went to the expo 2000, the "world exposition", which had just opened in hannover. there were subject oriented expositions, like "health" and "communication", showing visions of the future, and country-pavillions, in which some countries made a big fuss about stuff like their space programs (china), others just served drinks (switzerland). it's all aesthetically mainstream, but some nice & impressive things were to be seen. there were director kiosks till u puke and plenty of video projections, too. my mom went too, she deserves some of the photo credit. the swiss pavillion was best, a "gesamtkunstwerk". gesamtkunstwerke can provide tiring, tedious experiences when done badly in all their ontological magnificence, but they can be pretty good when done well, as this one is. the best video projection goes to the german pavillion, with a short, immersive, german-ness portraying piece. i expected queasy kitsch but i was actually moved. (ahem...)
general,
architecture,
patterns, objects,
hartmut in the german pavillion's entrance area

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