15. – 25.2.2024
THOUGHTS ABOUT (not-with) ANIMALS
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Eröffnung 15.2.24, 18 Uhr
In terms of symbolism, it seems that we encounter animals almost exclusively on a emotional level - we grow up with animals and the numerous fantastic children's stories about them. Attributions and sacred constellations around these creatures create images that ultimately remain just images. In stories, the animal often appears as a mediator, conveying things that you might not want to hear from a human. Very beautiful things that seem so rare that the animal lends its face. In the midst of all this, there is an admiration alongside the factual (alias science) - one of the many binary systems we have created. Portraits and approximations of animals likely have a relational origin - observing animals in a not entirely mutual environment or just by domesticating them (achieving pet-like behaviors is a sport) and at the same time allowing pets to observe us as well.