The Last Picture (afterthought), drawing
Previous works have traversed the density of the urban, whilst enabling specific experiences of the local. He engages audiences in the process of viewing and listening (discovering, exploring…). Considerations of space are at the heart of his questions concerning politics in a sense that space can be both a reflection of a political atmosphere as well as being a site for which to extend political ambitions.
He has been involved extensively in mapping areas and constructing visual and text based "narratives" confronting the specific sites of inquiry. He also works under the name of e-Xplo (www.e-Xplo.de). e-Xplo is the framework for the collaboration with Erin McGonigle and Rene Gabri. Their collaborative work many times manifested itself in the form of nightly bus-tours through different cities in which the articulation of individual narratives and their approaches to larger references became a highly charged site.
Other works include Radioplays, Performances, Walks, Videos and Films. Installations and performances have been produced for and presented at: ICA, London; PS1/Moma, New York; 8th Sharjah Biennale; Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Wexner Center, Columbus/Ohio; Baltic, Newcastle; White Chapel Art Gallery, London; Shedhalle Zürich; Transmediale, Berlin, Galerie Andreas Huber, Wien;
During his residency in Peking Lattner researched the contemporary history of China based on the latest scholarly research. He took extensive walks through the city engaging with the “general public” in order to trace the actual manifestations of the reform process since 1989. The works in the exhibition include a hand-draw map on which the various steps and historical events are indicated and linked. Another work resultes from his engagement with a small community facing eviction from their homes due to massive urban renewal in pre-Olympia Peking.