THE HOUSE I NEVER WANTED, 2019

Modell, 
Pappe, Holz, Tape, Papier
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Der Text „Sentences On a House and Other Sentences“ von John Hejduk und die Methode „As Found“ (Seeing the ordinary with a new view- to deal individually with the pre existing - to perceive something radical) waren die Grundlagen für der Arbeit „the house I never wanted“. 
Es geht um die Frau, die gemeinsam mit ihrem Mann, einem Bildhauer, dieses Haus Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bewohnte. Das Leben dieser Frau endete mit einem Selbstmord in jenem Haus.

„A House never forgets the sound of its original occupants.“

„A woman lives in the house; she has taken its name.“ Fanny Pendl.

Das Modell ist eine Fassade des Hauses. Eine Momentaufnahme eingefroren. Wie ein ausgestopftes Tier, eine Skulptur auf zwei Sockeln - ausgestellt. Auf Zehenspitzen gelingt ein Blick ins Innere, die Rückseite ist offen, unverhüllt. Das, was man nicht sehen soll wird sichtbar. 

„A house’s ghosts stay inside; if they leave and go outside they disappear.“

 Das Haus ist die Frau. 

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The text "Sentences on a House and Other Sentences" by John Hejduk and the method "As Found" (Seeing the ordinary with a new view - to deal individually with the pre-existing - to perceive something radical) were the basis for the work "The House I Never Wanted". It is about the woman who lived in this house together with her husband, a sculptor, at the end of the 19th century. The life of this woman ended with a suicide in that same house.

"A House never forgets the sound of its original occupants."

"A woman lives in the house; she has taken its name.“ Fanny Pendl.

The model is a facade of the house. A still image, frozen. Like a stuffed animal, a sculpture exhibited on two pedestals. On tiptoe you manage to see inside. The back is open, unobscured. That which is not meant to be seen becomes visible. 

"A house's ghosts stay inside; if they leave and go outside they disappear.“

 The house is the woman.