Never Odd or Evil
installation together with Wolfgang Obermair, 2009
In the center of the installation is a slender pedestal, on it are various objects from the era of the Soviet Union arranged closely and with no visible order: A child’s plastic toy in the form of a llama, an electric samovar with the logo of the Olympic Games of 1980, a green carbolite jar with a picture of Lomonosov University, a porcelain cup with figures from the fairy tale Buratino, pull-out plastic cups for a picnic, Christmas decorations made of cotton wool and glue in the form of a bear, the young Lenin reading as a porcelain figure… The objects are illuminated with a specifically developed lighting system. The control of the light works on the basis of the electronic kit “Mini roulette” by the company Conrad. The lights, however, never come to rest, but move with relatively high velocity from a beam to the next. They linger only briefly at undetermined points and then take back to moving. In a word, it could be described as a “restless chase”. Two benches in the simplistic Soviet design, carpentered from wood of Viennese rotunda furniture of the 50s, complete the installation.
Translation: Victoria Rowley
3. April – 13. April 2009
Fenster C., Vienna
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