One Of The Many Childhood Memories I Have,

is of our cuckoo clock,

 my mother bought one in the early 1950s, and for what seemed like hours, well I guess they were, I would wait for the cuckoo to make it's appearance, well here is a new slant on the famous clock, Cuckoo Blocks,

 German multidisciplinary artist Guido Zimmermann reinterprets the iconic German cuckoo clock using examples of modern architecture, the artist notes that while “the classic cuckoo clock stands for the prosperity of the middle class and counts as a kind of luxury for the staid home, the updated version as a panel construction shows today’s urban and social life in apartment blocks.”

Zimmermann drew on specific examples of modern architecture to create his sculptural “Cuckoo Blocks,” including the Glenkerry House by Brutalist architect Ernő Goldfinger and Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer’s Flaine hotel, 

 grids of windows peek out of flat concrete surfaces, with contemporary details such as satellite dishes and cactus houseplants,

 the artist studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in his native city of Frankfurt, where he currently lives and works,

You can see more of Zimmermann’s diverse projects, including paintings and murals, on Instagram, it must be me, being a traditionalist, I will stick to the normal cuckoo clock.