Standards and Their Shadows
Conversation accompanying the exhibitions Edition #5 and Epilogue at Haunt Berlin.
Harald F. Theiss, 2021
Conversation with curator Harald F. Theiss about Carsten Becker’s series RAL and DIN. The discussion reveals how Becker uses historical color standards and standardized industrial objects to uncover layers of function, familial resonance, and political ambiguity—from camouflage tones to everyday items with unexpected charge—and how this research culminates in his precise photographic still lifes.






