Technological subjects and industrial plants are the motifs of a group of works on which Thomas Struth has been working since 2007. Semi Submersible Rig depicts a drilling platform moored in the port of the South Korean island of Geoje. The strong steel cables that secure the colossus—a sleeping giant—and at the same time draw the viewer’s gaze into the depths of the pictorial space appear at first glance like thin threads. Irrespective of their astute design, Struth’s works always make a contribution to the question of the moral responsibility of the individual in our globalized world. Here, for example, there is a hint of the extent to which our daily lives depend on raw materials that are extracted under extreme conditions for mankind and the environment. Acquired by the Friends in 2011, the work was previously shown in a comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the artist at K20.