New Media in Art, 191-201

The piece Siemens, Karlsruhe, by Andreas Gursky stood out to me in this section because it shows how crowded workplaces can be in factories and other manufacturing jobs. Conditions aren't the best in a lot of workplaces like that, and this just shows that. Too many people are crammed into too little an area and that can cause the whole workplace to be unsafe at the very least, if not dangerous or life-threatening, depending on the job. This piece really speaks volumes, even though it is an older image. That sort of unsafe work environment exists in many places even now, and so this piece is still relevant.