{"product_id":"martin-kippenberger-metro-net","title":"Martin Kippenberger. Metro-Net","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1990s, Martin Kippenberger developed the idea of a global underground network: METRO-Net. Although it is one of the artist’s most fascinating projects, his premature death in 1997 meant that it could only be implemented in rudimentary form. In 1993, a metro entrance was built on the Greek island of Syros, followed by two more: one in 1995 in Dawson City in Canada and the other in 1997 on the new Leipzig exhibition grounds. This created a means of travelling in the boundless space of the imagination. Its usability depends on the imagination: without the willingness to visualize tunnel tubes and moving underground trains, this project remains a ”nonsensical building plan.“ But the moment we accept the artwork as a mode of transport for ”mind travellers,“ then its full power can unfold. Kippenberger’s METRO-Net was intended to counter life’s predictable, rationally oriented parameters with a romantic sense of the world. [publisher's note]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spector Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57357655179604,"sku":"A8B-29330","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/Scan_20210707_160210.jpg?v=1790812597","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/martin-kippenberger-metro-net","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}