Carsten Meier

Parking Included

Parking Included is a visual investigation in the real of the term non-place. Marc Augé coined this term in 1992 in his Book From Places to Non-Places. A non-place has no identity or history. The car itself he considers a non-placer on its own. Thus the Parking lot must be the ultimate example for a non-place as it serves the temporary storage of non-places.

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engineered to have […] personality 2002 Archival Pigment print, 59” x 118” (150 cm x 300 cm)

engineered to have […] personality 2002

Archival Pigment print, 59” x 118” (150 cm x 300 cm)

Target, Milford, Ohio 2002 Archival Pigment print, 59” x 118” (150 cm x 300 cm)

Target, Milford, Ohio 2002

Archival Pigment print, 59” x 118” (150 cm x 300 cm)

Gas Station, Parkersburg, West Virginia 2001 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Gas Station, Parkersburg, West Virginia 2001

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

expextations […] of space 2002 Archival Pigment print, 59” x 118” (150 cm x 300 cm)

expextations […] of space 2002

Archival Pigment print, 59” x 118” (150 cm x 300 cm)

Gas Station, Athens, Ohio 2001 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Gas Station, Athens, Ohio 2001

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

limits of […] life 2002 Archival Pigment print, 59” x 118” (150 cm x 300 cm)

limits of […] life 2002

Archival Pigment print, 59” x 118” (150 cm x 300 cm)

Boston, Massachusetts 2001 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Boston, Massachusetts 2001

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Cleveland, Ohio 202 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Cleveland, Ohio 202

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Columbus, Ohio 2001 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Columbus, Ohio 2001

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Ruby Tuesday, Athens, Ohio 2002 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Ruby Tuesday, Athens, Ohio 2002

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Ames, Canal Winchester, Ohio 2002 Archival Pigment print, 59” x 118” (150 cm x 300 cm)

Ames, Canal Winchester, Ohio 2002

Archival Pigment print, 59” x 118” (150 cm x 300 cm)

Ames, Dedham, Massachusetts 2003 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Ames, Dedham, Massachusetts 2003

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Fireworks store, Lafayette, Indiana 2002 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Fireworks store, Lafayette, Indiana 2002

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Hardware Store, Dortmund, Germany 2002 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Hardware Store, Dortmund, Germany 2002

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Big Bear, Parkersburg, West Virginia 2002 Archival Pigment print, 59” x 118” (150 cm x 300 cm)

Big Bear, Parkersburg, West Virginia 2002

Archival Pigment print, 59” x 118” (150 cm x 300 cm)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2001 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2001

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Essen, Germany 2002 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Essen, Germany 2002

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Columbus, Ohio 2002 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Columbus, Ohio 2002

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Cicncinnati, Ohio 2001 Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)

Cicncinnati, Ohio 2001

Archival Pigment print, 40” x 60” (102 cm x 153 cm)