MU (1996) For an exhibition with the title 'Reproduction' I wanted to find an object that stressed the boundaries between the so-called 'original' and 'copy'. To investigate the notion of reproduction. After the problematization of their classical oppositional dichotomy by the introduction of the assembled readymade from Marcel Duchamp I could not evade the same issue without rethinking both concepts. After looking for months I found in a German warehouse two gun replicas. As you might know: they are so well

reproduced that they can hardly be distinguished from the original. That is also the reason why they are forbidden in many countries. For me they represented the construction of the discourse of the 'real' and the 'false', the 'original' and the 'copy' and in need of a contemporary rethinking which seems to constitute an constant in-between of the traditional copy and the traditional original.

Specifications: Dimensions: 1.50m by 2.10m. Material: stainless steel, police gear and replica guns.
Exhibited: Hooghuis, Arnhem, (1992), Arnhem Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, Holland, (1993),