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Ei
(Egg)
Experimentelle
Animation / video / 4 min/ Loop
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Tier
und
Mensch, Zentrale Ausstellungshalle, Nürnberg 2008
The
Animal Gaze: Contemporary Art & Animal/Human Studies, Unit 2 Gallery,
London, 2008 / Plymouth College of Art & Design, 2009 /
24. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, 2011 / SIA Gallery, Sheffield, 2011
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According
to Neuferts’ “Architects’ Data”, accommodating
low-scale egg production with 10 hens requires a 220 x 375 cm nesting
box system with roosting poles. These measurements are based on the assumption
that the hens fit a norm of 35 cm in height and a length of 40 cm. These
preset dimensions provide the point of departure for the video animation
“Ei”. The scene of action is the
specified ground plan for a hens’ nesting box, as found in Neuferts’
“Architects’ Data”. At the centre of the plot is the
production, the egg that is to be laid. Analogous to the ground plan of
the nesting box are the hens, as portrayed from above in correspondence
with the specifications. Animated images of these ground
plans show motion sequences of the hens. It is exclusively the sound that
creates the space; the sounds of the hens can be heard as they scratch,
pick, flap and shuffle back and forth. The viewer looks down from above,
observing the happenings much like the recordings of a surveillance camera
that might film and register the number and spatial positions of people
in public buildings.
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