{"id":1182,"date":"2026-05-05T17:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2026-06-05T17:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:23:31","slug":"michael-is-looking-for-walter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/archiv\/2020-jetzt\/michael-is-looking-for-walter\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael is looking for Walter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>In the abandoned terminal of a former ferry station in San Antonio, Ibiza, a fictional conversation takes place between visual artist Michael D\u00f6rner and philosopher Walter Benjamin. The starting point is Benjamin&#8217;s stay on the island in 1932 and 1933. While Benjamin came to Ibiza as a traveller and later as a refugee from National Socialism, he returns in this work as a voice of memory.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Two portraits enter into dialogue with each other: a historical photo of Walter Benjamin and an older portrait of the artist himself. Both figures appear as travellers through time \u2013 one from the past, the other between memory and the present. In the empty check-in hall, a place of transition and movement, they talk about travel, flight, poverty, architecture, mass tourism, history and the fragility of political orders.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The glass palace of the former ferry station becomes a symbolic space. Once built for arrivals and departures, it now stands still and serves as a temporary venue for art. In this intermediate state, a conversation unfolds about the past and the present, about memory and responsibility.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The work sees itself as an artistic journey through time, in which personal biography, historical reflection and philosophical thinking come together. Past and present enter into a constellation in which \u2013 very much in the spirit of Walter Benjamin \u2013 a moment of condensed time can reveal itself.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong><strong>Espa\u00f1ol:<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Michael busca a Walter&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>En la abandonada terminal de una antigua estaci\u00f3n de transbordadores en San Antonio, Ibiza, tiene lugar una conversaci\u00f3n ficticia entre el artista pl\u00e1stico Michael D\u00f6rner y el fil\u00f3sofo Walter Benjamin. El punto de partida es la estancia de Benjamin en la isla en los a\u00f1os 1932 y 1933. Mientras que Benjamin lleg\u00f3 a Ibiza como viajero y m\u00e1s tarde como refugiado del nacionalsocialismo, en esta obra regresa como una voz que recuerda.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Dos retratos entablan un di\u00e1logo: una foto hist\u00f3rica de Walter Benjamin y un retrato antiguo del propio artista. Ambos personajes aparecen como viajeros a trav\u00e9s del tiempo: uno desde el pasado, el otro entre el recuerdo y el presente. En la sala de embarque vac\u00eda, un lugar de tr\u00e1nsito y movimiento, hablan de viajes, huida, pobreza, arquitectura, turismo de masas, historia y la fragilidad de los \u00f3rdenes pol\u00edticos.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>El palacio de cristal de la antigua estaci\u00f3n de transbordadores se convierte as\u00ed en un espacio simb\u00f3lico. Construido en su d\u00eda para las llegadas y las salidas, hoy permanece inactivo y sirve como lugar temporal para el arte. En este estado intermedio se desarrolla una conversaci\u00f3n sobre el pasado y el presente, sobre la memoria y la responsabilidad.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>La obra se entiende como un viaje art\u00edstico en el tiempo, en el que se encuentran la biograf\u00eda personal, la reflexi\u00f3n hist\u00f3rica y el pensamiento filos\u00f3fico. El pasado y el presente entran en una constelaci\u00f3n en la que, en el sentido de Walter Benjamin, puede manifestarse un momento de tiempo condensado.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-sucht-Walther-1024x341.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1183\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-sucht-Walther-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-sucht-Walther-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-sucht-Walther-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-sucht-Walther-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-sucht-Walther-2048x683.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-sucht-Walther-18x6.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-sucht-Walther-900x300.jpg 900w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-sucht-Walther-1140x380.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Michael is looking for Walter<\/strong> &#8211; Video, 41 Min. &#8211; 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1179264242?share=copy&amp;fl=sv&amp;fe=ci\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1179264242?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Video, 41 &#8220; &#8211; Passwort: Walter-eng-26<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1270-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1270-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1270-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1270-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1270-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1270-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1270-18x10.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1270-900x506.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1270-1140x641.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael is looking for Walter<\/strong>, Installation, Ferry Terminal, San Antoni, Ibiza, Spain 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1179278725?share=copy&amp;fl=sv&amp;fe=ci\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1179278725?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael busca a Walter<\/strong>, Video, 43 &#8220; &#8211; Passwort: Walter-es-26<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the abandoned terminal of a former ferry station in San Antonio, Ibiza, a fictional conversation takes place between visual artist Michael D\u00f6rner and philosopher Walter Benjamin. The starting point is Benjamin&#8217;s stay on the island in 1932 and 1933. While Benjamin came to Ibiza as a traveller and later as a refugee from National &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/archiv\/2020-jetzt\/michael-is-looking-for-walter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8222;Michael is looking for Walter&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,27],"tags":[97,106,15,31,76,33,104,77,100,107],"class_list":["post-1182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filme","category-2020-jetzt","tag-97","tag-entransito","tag-featured","tag-film","tag-ibiza","tag-installation","tag-ki","tag-san-antoni","tag-video","tag-walter-benjamin","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184,"href":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions\/1184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaeldoerner.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}