One of the most celebrated contemporary photo artists, Thomas Demand's pictures at first seem like depictions of everyday places. On closer inspection it becomes evident that they are reconstructions of reality: Demand creates life-size environments made of paper and cardboard which are accurate down to the smallest details, then photographs these 're-creations' and destroys them. These pictures underline the drab aesthetics of the modern office world and architecture, but also show depictions of nature. Demand's sculptural simulations, completely devoid of people, lead us into a world of models in which a "faked' reality blends with the memory of "real" reality and as such become a virtual reality.
