These are mostly spartan spaces they look like industrial basements or, in a couple of cases, parking garages, minimally retrofitted for the purpose. Under the harsh, fluorescent light of day, the camera captures none of that, except as a trace. What matters is the music, the social interaction, the flow of people. These spaces are meant to be experienced bodily, not visually. With the house lights on and the people away, the photos reveal the shabby details that go unnoticed at night. Giesemann’s series Vom Bleiben, a collaboration with photographer and industrial designer Daniel Schulz, shows empty nightclubs after the party has ended. His images show plainly the physical facts of the room or building - they are almost documentary in that respect - but they are really about what goes on when the camera is not there. Based in Hamburg, Germany, Giesemann photographs vacant spaces during moments of non-use. Photographer André Giesemann is deeply interested in the question of how architectural space is defined by its activation. From that perspective, the visual form of a building doesn’t matter so much as the action it makes possible. One of architecture’s most essential functions is creating an enclosure for human activity. SlideshowAndré Giesemann, from the series Attrappe. SlideshowAndré Giesemann and Daniel Schulz, RAW-Tempel, Berlin, 2010. SlideshowAndré Giesemann and Daniel Schulz, Brandshof, Hamburg, 2010. SlideshowAndré Giesemann and Daniel Schulz, Dice Club, Berlin, 2009. SlideshowAndré Giesemann and Daniel Schulz, Ego club, Hamburg, 2009. SlideshowAndré Giesemann and Daniel Schulz, Tresor, Berlin, 2009. SlideshowAndré Giesemann and Daniel Schulz, Cocoon club, Frankfurt, 2009. SlideshowAndré Giesemann and Daniel Schulz, Maria am Ostbahnhof, Berlin, 2010. SlideshowAndré Giesemann and Daniel Schulz, About Blank, Berlin, 2013. SlideshowAndré Giesemann and Daniel Schulz, Neidklub, Hamburg, 2009. SlideshowAndré Giesemann and Daniel Schulz, Golden Gate, Berlin, 2010. SlideshowAndré Giesemann and Daniel Schulz, Haus 73, Hamburg, 2013. SlideshowAndré Giesemann and Daniel Schulz, Rechenzentrum, Berlin, 2009.
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