AIWA TPR955 — Boombox, Hamburg, 2009

The AIWA TPR955 marks the mature phase of the boombox era: technically ambitious, visually dominant, built for maximum presence in public space. Clear lines, frontal symmetry, and a self-assured materiality turn the device into a functional object of power. No decoration, no understatement—visible technology as an expression of attitude.

All boomboxes were photographed to scale, frontally, and aligned on the same baseline. This consistently identical perspective does not eliminate individual differences; it makes them visible. Size becomes attitude, proportion becomes character, design becomes expression. The result is a visual system of comparability in which each device appears as an autonomous personality within a shared order.

The work is part of the series “Boombox – The Golden Years 1978–1983” within the Zeitgeist body of work. The series understands boomboxes as cultural markers of an era in which music left the private sphere and became a collective experience. Eight batteries meant autonomy. Weight meant presence. Sound meant identity.

The AIWA TPR955 is not a nostalgic relic. It is a witness to technological self-empowerment and collective experience—captured as an iconic singular artifact of urban pop history.

First Release: January 2026

Photography: Alfred Steffen

Location / Year: Hamburg, studio photograph, September 2009

Body of Work: Zeitgeist

Edition, Format & Edition Size

Available Sizes and Editions

(The edition size applies per motif and size, regardless of the chosen presentation.)

45 × 30 cm (17.7 × 11.8 in)

Edition: 100 copies + 5 A.P.

75 × 50 cm (29.5 × 19.7 in)

Edition: 50 copies + 3 A.P.

105 × 75 cm (41.3 × 29.5 in)

Edition: 50 copies + 3 A.P.

(Identical for all presentation options.)

1) Only Print – Fine Art Print

Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta

1 cm white border

Unframed

2) ArtBox – white aluminium

Fine art print on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta

Mounted behind 2 mm acrylic glass

Aluminium ArtBox, profile depth 50 mm (white)

3) Passepartout Frame – white (museum glass)

Fine art print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta

1 cm white border, passepartout

White wooden frame

Glazing: museum glass