In the mid 1970s, architect Harry Seidler designed a space for the historic Commercial Travellers’ Association in Sydney, Australia. In collaboration with Pier Luigi Nervi, he created a circular building that sprouts up from the street like a radiating flower. For the 25th Kaldor Public Art Project, Thomas Demand’s series The Dailies occupies an entire floor of Seidler’s structure. The floor of sixteen bedrooms, which house The Dailies, extend off a circular corridor creating a labyrinthine effect. Demand’s images sit above the beds in each room, the transient scenes capturing everyday moments and objects, suspended in time like the environment around them. The Dailies includes contributions by designer Miuccia Prada and US author Louis Begley. The book, a work of art in itself, expands to a 16-pointed star, its concertina pages unfurling to echo the shape of the CTA building.

70年代半ばに、建築家Harry Seidlerによって設計されたオーストラリア・シドニーの「Commercial Travellers' Association」のホテルフロアをモデルに制作されたイメージをまとめた作品集。円形建物を16等分した客室施設にインスパイアされた造本で、円状のディスプレイが出来る仕様となっている。公共施設とアーティストを繋ぐ画期的なプロジェクトを行う「Kaldor Art Projects」との共同出版。
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