Arkanum
Aras Gökten

The series Arkanum focuses on todays metropolis and describes man’s relationship to its urban environment and architecture. In a similar way like Godard’s movie Alphaville, a logic city built and controlled by the Alpha 60 computer, this work is about an artificially constructed city of the future that stands in stark contrast to nature. The cores of different major cities in Germany built the stage for this work. But also places like trade fairs, outlet center, shopping malls and airports.
The motifs in part refer to real places, but they primarily serve to inspire fictitious, inner images. (AG)

Year of production: 2013-2014