About the project

On the occasion of the Auf geht’s grant 2022, the Covid-Culture website was created and continues to be created as a collection of the visual transformation of public space due to the almost three-year Covid-19 pandemic. What traces has this global event left behind? In the course of the project, these traces in public space were collected in the form of photos and presented in the gallery. Since as many different perspectives as possible are to be presented and archived, this website also enables and encourages visitors to submit their individual perspectives here. As a result, this page should grow in exchange with the “users”, gain reach and invite to an associative and communicative cooperation on this topic.

It is not “objects” from the Internet that are in demand, but personal encounters with this topic in the room. How has your personal environment changed, has it left traces that you can trace? Away from well-known and prominent “Street Art” artists such as Banksy, the local reference to one’s own environment and the creative punctuation is important and interesting.

Creative signs in public space – such as street art – can be interpreted as a direct articulation of how the artist perceives and processes his environment. As a brief reduction to the essentials, their statement can be condensed into a cipher. By reducing the form sometimes to the point of suggesting a few lines, this form of expression is fragmentary. As with handwriting, the individuality of the style plays a major role. Similar to early cave art, this can be understood as a natural reaction to the environment. According to theories, the Cro-Magnon man tried to process his experiences, his dreams and wishes in the pictures. Or maybe they just wanted to represent what they had seen. It is also an important aspect – if one follows these theories – to take possession of the place and place by marking it and thus claiming it for oneself.

But not only the creative symbolism in public space has transformed it – functional buildings, as well as temporary new uses of empty shops and containers on squares for the mass rapid Covid tests, have also shaped public space. The obviously temporary and ephemeral nature of these test stations designed for quick use has its own visual appeal.

A start has been made here and will be continuously updated. What is missing are contributions from visitors that can be submitted via the form!