“Whatever space and time mean – place and event mean more, for in the human imagination, space appears as place and time as event.” (Aldo van Eyck)
The installation by Zvonko Turkali Architects is being created over the course of the exhibition. Its basis is 333 RED panels with edge lengths of 33.3 cm and 16.65 cm and a thickness of 1.0 cm. Each visitor to the traffic light phase receives a panel and actively participates in the design of the exhibition piece.
The panels’ design is reminiscent of the card game “House of Cards” designed by Ray and Charles Eames in 1952. Like their model, assembling the panels creates spatial images that change and appear unfinished. The installation’s growth limit is defined solely by the SPACE RED and the total number of panels available.
Each panel is printed in white lettering with a question related to RED, such as: What would happen if there were no RED traffic light phase? What is a RED flag for you? Who is on your RED list? What would Frankfurt be without RED(h)? To answer the question, visitors enter the red ROOM RED. Two heart-shaped RED “Cone Chairs” by Verner Panton are set up for relaxation and reflection. Panels with answers then become part of the growing installation.
Passing drivers observe the visitors and the changing installation, and the questions are transmitted via an LED strip.
