In Duga Resa 2017

Alfred Freddy Krupa's In Duga Resa shows us the dark framing of a window looking out onto a shrouded scene. The stark tower emerging from the mist evokes ancient memories of ziggurats or obelisks, structures that pierce the sky to connect the earthly and divine realms. Here, however, the tower is utilitarian, a symbol of modernity obscured by an almost primeval fog. This interplay creates a visual paradox, intertwining progress with the obscurity of the past. Consider the Tower of Babel, a tale of ambition and the inevitable confusion of human endeavor. Observe how the artist uses this stark composition to elicit a primal response—a reminder of our own fragile existence set against the backdrop of time. It is the same fear of oblivion we find in the pyramids. The window itself acts as a lens, subtly highlighting our emotional and psychological vulnerability, as we are distanced and protected from the world, yet still deeply affected by it. Thus, the tower looms, a modern sentinel shrouded in the mists of time, embodying the eternal cycle of aspiration and uncertainty.