Markus Zimmermann is an architect of the viewer’s eye. His constructions are wonders of space that, however small, can expand into infinity. Take his raree-type cardboard boxes or used ring-binders, crappy enough from the outside, but a gaze through a peephole reveals a world of awe and wonder, likening the viewer to a scientist gazing into new universes under a microscope. Made of the cheapest materials, such as the plastic inlays you find in chocolate boxes, these scenarios, lit by whatever light comes through the hole as well as specially placed cracks, are not complex in construction but they spur the imagination to see mind-blowing things, from prehistoric landscapes to futurist cathedrals. Lately, Zimmermann has started to expand his works into real space, creating walk-in boxes, and he has embarked on a new challenge: how to make the inside and outside of a space visible at the same time.
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