Exhibition catalogue, Sprengel Museum Hannover, edited by Inka Schube
Texts (German/English) by Fahim Amir, Anja Koch, Jenny Schäfer, Inka Schube
192 p. with 100 colour illustrations
Format 21.5 x 18.5 cm, brochure
29,80 €
"By returning the gaze of an animal, however, man becomes aware of himself," writes John Berger. What does this mean for us, what do we learn about ourselves and our relationship to the world around us when we think about our relationship to pigs? Ocular witness: SCHWEINEBWUSSTSEIN is a polyphonic, multi-perspective research project. 16 artists were asked to address individual aspects of the above question. The majority of the photographs, videos and sculptural-installative works on display were developed specifically for this project. In a poetic and artistic manner, the works are dedicated to questions of economy, everyday consumption, animal welfare, ecology and the promises of the future linked to the industrialisation of agriculture. Works by Max Baumann, Frank Berger, Felix Bielmeier, Pierre Bismuth, Anetta Mona Chişa & Lucia Tkáčová, Anna Haifisch, Jochen Lempert, Arne Schmitt, Wenke Seemann, Maria Sewcz, Heidi Specker, Andrzej Steinbach, Maria Sturm and Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, among others.
Exhibition:
Sprengel Museum Hanover, 23/8 - 5/11/2023
