EAN: 9783960700296

KLEINSTADT GEBUNDEN

An empty square in a small town: almost devoid of people  and those who are there are either
very old or very young. There are no sights to see  only empty storefronts  slow decay  and-if
you're lucky-a touch of morbid charm. It is the kind of place that you only come to by chance 
and you are compelled to ask yourself: Who is here when I am not here-and why? According to the
definition of the Imperial Office of Statistics in 1887  which is valid in Germany to this day
a small town (Kleinstadt in German) has between five and twenty thousand inhabitants. Ute and
Werner Mahler chose to investigate the demographic phenomenon of small towns in their fourth
collaboration following Monalisen der Vorstädte (Mona Lisas of the Suburbs)  completed in 2011
Wo die Welt zu Ende war (Where the World Ended)  completed in 2012  and seltsame Tage (Strange
Days)  completed in 2014. Starting in 2012 they traveled around Germany in a small car with a
large camera and a supply of black-and-white sheet film in search of images that document the
atmosphere  attitude  and spirit of these places. Their concise images freeze time and place 
capturing the idea of a small town in a kaleidoscope of images from many small cities  ranging
from Bad Gandersheim to Lebach and Zörbig. The future of such small towns will be decided in
the next few years. Young people are the future  if they leave  small towns will die.

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