How many days will we remember?

3/3/2008
stairway
Oliver Raupach

above is Umschreibung (rewriting), a sculpture-
experience by artist Ólafur Elíasson

it's located in the courtyard of the the Munich head-
quarters of KPMG

KPMG is, "one of the largest professional services firms in the world. KPMG employs over 123,000 people in a global network of member firms spanning 145 countries. Composite revenues of KPMG member firms in 2007 were $19.8 billion USD . . . . KPMG has three lines of services: audit services, tax services, and advisory services. KPMG is a Big Four auditor, alongside . . . " -Wikipedia

Elíasson's sculpture can be "experienced" -

one can loop upwards and downwards, and then
upwards and downwards again, and again; cycling
like days in a week, weeks in a month . . .

looking at the Elíasson's spiraling Umschreibung set
against the repeating patterns of the KPMG building,
you can't help but wonder about routine -

the routine "experienced" by KPMG's 123,000
employees

how many of their days are unique, meaningful and
memorable?

how many are routine and forgettable?

how many of our allotted days will we remember?


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