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Stardust, No 10.24
von • by Martin Grothmaak, Stuttgart
Foto: Tom Ziora
www.projekttriangle.com

Martin Grothmaak, who was born in 1971, studied photogra-

phy, film and visual design and – together with Danijela Djokic

and Jürgen Späth – is a founding partner of Projekttriangle, an

interdisciplinary design studio which is headquartered in

Stuttgart. In free and applied projects, he works as a creative

director for international institutions and brands at the inter-

face of design, art, architecture and culture.

In the large-format works assembled for his Stardust photo se-

ries, Martin Grothmaak currently focuses on the unbounded

presentness of the now and the effect it has on both time and

space. Far beyond any traditional norms and references, in this

artistic process he searches for his individual form of interpre-

tation and invites the viewers to engage in a play with their
own longings, wishes and their very own souls. The viewers

find themselves caught between two opposite poles: void,

darkness and hidden fears on the one side; love, energy, rap-

ture, intensity and freedom on the other side. On pages

008/009, 032/033 as well as 052/053 we show three select mo-

tifs of the series.

In addition, Martin Grothmaak used the Stardust photographs

to create a haptically as well as graphically unusually pliant

diary called Evertime. It is, at the same time, the first publica-

tion by the independent art- and design publishing venture

United Landscapes Publishers and Galleries which was recently

founded by Grothmaak himself. In future, Grothmaak thus

wants to make carefully edited and designed collectors’ publi-

cations of books, prints, editions and art objects accessible for

a discerning as well as extremely quality-conscious clientele.