FOR THE BIRDS, group show at Austrian Sculpture Park, 27.05 - 31.10.2024, Sculpture and Space / Klasse Hans Schabus with a project by Claudia Märzendorfer, © Oliver Ottenschläger
Deal
stainless steel, acrylic glass, sheep's wool, plant residues
2024
The title of the work refers to an agreement. Deal is a container full of material used by various bird species to pad their nests. The deal is a speculative one between the birds and me. I hope to win them over as collaborators to transform my material, presented as an image, and thus inscribe my artistic gesture into their nests. The drawer-like design of the container refers to a perhaps bureaucratic practice, the work wants to become infrastructure.
The photo shows the work after a week or two. As the wool is partially pulled out, the deal seems to be partially accepted.