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Michele Achilli, Daniele Brigidini, Guido Canella, Nursery, Abbiategrasso, Italy, 2009

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European Central Bank, presentation of the new 5€ banknote, Archäologisches Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 10 January 2013

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The President’s Lobby at the European Parliament, Paul-Henri Spaak building, Brussels, Belgium, 2017

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Wall scheduler in the European Commission Audiovisual Services front desk, Berlaymont building, Brussels, Belgium, 2017

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Elevator in Proximus Tower’s atrium, Brussels, Belgium, 2017

Based entirely on the work of Armin Linke, Accattone #5 explores photography in relation to the major architecture of public and private institutions: the infrastructure of the Roman Empire, neoclassical Athens, the United Nations headquarters, neo-liberal corporate environments and the fragile European institutions in Brussels.
Monuments are carefully crafted to convey determined sets of aesthetic codes and political values, incorporated in a purportedly eternal and total character. Photography can challenge the power of such representations by bringing out their inherent glitches, small cracks and everyday ambiguities. It can reprogramme architecture.