mutual mutilation (1990)
Made on request from an artists group who resided
in the shown building and by a governmental
commission I made this work as a reflection on the
context of the exhibition. This exhibition was
about investigating the relation between language
and art. In the work I hypothetically presume that
it might be possible (although on a extreme small
scale) that language and reality may
interfere.
On an almost subatomic level there may be
interchangeability. In this process they mutilate
each other mutually forever: language will never be
the same after and also reality. The work adapts
itself to the surrounding environment of the
industrial site by its mimesis of how brand related
information is being exposed. But in this case
there is no predecessing decoding effort that can
be made: for the non-adept it’s meaning stays
hidden.
Specifications
Dimensions: 9.00m. by 0.80m. Material: Aluminium
box letters, high quality acrylate.
Exhibited: Die Zunge am Eis, Nova Zembla, Den Bosch, Holland (1990).
Exhibited: Die Zunge am Eis, Nova Zembla, Den Bosch, Holland (1990).
