High up on the facade behind the Union site, there's a statement that you can't miss: „THIS IS SO NOT WHAT I WANTED“.
In Stefan Marx's characteristic script, the monumental eight-by-ten-meter work captures the eye. The story behind it is as idiosyncratic as the lettering itself: originally, the banner was a public art action with the Hamburger Kunsthalle. Museums have their own rules; the banner was only shown temporarily and then taken down after the action. However, instead of disappearing into a dark archive, the artist and Ardi Goldman reached an agreement. Thus, the work found its way back to where art belongs – into the public space.
Today it hangs on the back of the property, visible to everyone. You can see it from the offices, you can see it from
of the street; it has become an unmissable part of daily reality.
Stefan Marx, whose works often hover between typography and keen observations of everyday life, has created a monument to independence here. It is a work that could not be musealized and instead chose freedom. A statement for all those who know that a „no“ in the right place is often the beginning of something much bigger.
