Key West

Key West is located near the southern tip of Florida. Looking back from a distance of nearly 50 years, these images of boat-like cars sailing down the highway, of bikini-clad girls on the beach, of surfers riding the waves. Precisely what do images of driving; the beach and surfing under Florida's sun have to do with a promise of freedom? According to Walter Benjamin, it is the fact that this promise has never been fulfilled. These images return as fragments in a dream which --assuming it has not yet become reality -- quite closely resembles a trauma. In this sense, "Key West" makes clear the price, which must be paid for dreams founded upon images.