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Geborgenheit

3D room installation | 2009

The work "Geborgenheit" presents a walk-in room installation that delves into the central, fundamental, and primordial experience of human existence.
The experience of "Geborgenheit" (a sense of security and comfort) is essential for healthy personal development. It is a symbolic term encompassing safety, well-being, closeness, and protection. The conditions of one’s immediate environment are an important prerequisite for enabling this feeling.

The large, organic form appears otherworldly. The warm light illuminating the object allows faint, blurred images to emerge within. Through an opening, viewers are invited to step into the work’s interior.
The cold and rather rigid PVC material is softened by a warm red light. Inside, 3D ultrasound images of an unborn child are displayed, evoking the image of a womb and symbolizing the origin of the feeling of "Geborgenheit" (being safe and secure).

The process of selecting the form and materials was partly informed by an artistic survey and was further inspired by the artist Ernesto Neto and the scientist Buckminster Fuller. Specific questions and visual examples were used to explore where and under what conditions the average person feels comfortable and secure. From this emerged a walk-in experiential sculpture that conveys an essential element of our sense of life through its material, form, and voluminous presence. The project is understood as a piece of artistic research and was exhibited as part of the diploma exhibition at F+F in Zurich-Altstetten.

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