Known for her eminent paper art and collages, Marion Eichmann spent many weeks in the Reichstag building and the enclosed parliamentary buildings. Not only did she visit the plenary chamber, the floor designated to the parliamentary groups and the committee rooms, but also keenly observed in corridors, canteens, libraries and connecting tunnels the everyday life of a highly complex machinery that keeps the heart of democracy beating almost invisibly-focussing her interest both on iconic facades and settings familiar to the public, as well as on rarely visible workspaces, devices and often overlooked details essential to the smooth daily operation of Parliament. Created as part of a commissioned project by the German Bundestag, the series of more than 80 papercuts documented in this volume in its entirety, provides unique insights into the artist's creation process and working methods.
MARION EICHMANN (*1974, Essen) studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin. Longer working stays took her to Tokyo, New York and Istanbul. In 2017, her spatial installation Laundromat received special attention at art KARLSRUHE and at the Haus am Lützowplatz/IG Metall-Haus, Berlin.