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Albert Gehret

ZeitenBahnhof (StationTimes)

Artistic process
Digital photomontage from my own unposed photographs
Production / material
C-Print
Year
2010
Dimensions
95 x 150 cm; other sizes available on request
Location
Siegburg Station
Edition
10 + 2 AP

Description

StationTimes is a photo-based work exploring time, movement, and human paths within Berlin Central Station.

 

Multiple photographic moments are condensed into a single, shared pictorial space. The movements of travelers trace paths through the architecture, while individuals pause, becoming fixed points amidst the flow. This reveals varying speeds, directions, and rhythms—elements that a single photograph could only capture as a fleeting instant.

 

In this way, Berlin Central Station appears not merely as a transport hub, but as a tapestry of individual paths, encounters, waiting, arriving, and disappearing.

 

Real moments give rise to a reality that never actually existed all at once—yet one that reveals something about life in this place.

 

What traces do we leave behind in a place designed primarily for moving on?