Shifting social and cultural needs in Western society have led to the deconsecration of several churches, including the Holy Trinity church at the Grevener Strasse/ York-Ring intersection in the Diocese of Münster. The buildings on this busy intersection serve as an allegory of our society: the fire department and rescue centre save lives in a physical sense (SOS/Save Our Souls). The Lincoln Center, a department store complex with the gigantic logo of the Saturn electronics department store atop, lures people into the consumerist temples of our days. The Holy Trinity church remains no more than a stone shell, bereft of its function as spiritual and ethical guide. For Save Our Souls Kathrin Schlegel rescued the discarded iron cross, attached a ring of light to it, like an aureole, and reinstated the cross on the church’s rooftop. The ring mirrors the planetary ring of the logo of the electronics giant Saturn which shines on the consumption temple across the road. With this subtly staged confluence of past and present, Save Our Souls invites reflection upon contemporary culture and shifting existential needs.
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Frauen und Kinder zuerst
Frauen und Kinder zuerst