Home Voodoo I — 2004

a (nearly) posthumous act

materials:
snowman
ostrich fern root
peeled barberry rod
charcoal
plastic flowerpot
Christmas candle
Lourdes water (my late mother's)
bottle marked "Lourdes 1983"

place of act:
Stams – Tyrol, January 6, 2004

A chthonic – emerging from the earth – procedure. Demonstrated are overlaps between reality and unreality. Whereby the meaning, for one, lies in overlapping and, for the other, in undermining the usual structures and opinions. A makeshift aid to revive memory, one that happily links socio-cultural aspects with individual needs – HOME VOODOO.

15 duratrans in light boxes, 35 x 47 x 5, 5 cm, edition of 3