JAGDTROPHÄEN
Hybrid installation integrating physical space, sound, and performative elements
White box with RFID scanner and sound system, drawing, textile wristbands (pink, blue, green) and cases for RFID-Chips, barrier arm, 2022
About the Work
Developed for the Jagdmuseum Schloss Clemenswerth, this work reflects on the experiences and limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic. At its core is a collection of everyday objects that were difficult to obtain during the crisis from rolls of toilet paper to salt and canned goods. These items are mounted on handcrafted hunting trophies, creating a subtle, ironic inversion of classical collecting and display traditions: the objects themselves become the prey we hunted during the pandemic.
Notably, the handcrafted trophies, like the objects themselves, could not be acquired through traditional means. Due to the closures of workshops and carving studios, the artist had to produce the trophies herself. The work thus reflects not only the material shortages of the pandemic but also the creative strategies of adaptation, improvisation, and self-production.
By turning the everyday into a museum “trophy,” the work challenges conventional notions of collection and value, opening a dialogue about scarcity, societal priorities, and desire in times of crisis. It addresses questions of longing, loss, and appropriation, making the extraordinary conditions of the present tangible in both poetic and critical ways.
Exhibitions
2021 D-Platziert, Schloss Clemenswerth, Sögel, GER
2022 NEUES AUS HANNOVERSCHEN ATELIERS, Städtische Galerie Kubus, Hannover, DEU