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summaery2019: Projects

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Ouroboros

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submitted by
Tobias Kühn

Mentors
Peter Heckwolf

Faculty:
Art and Design

Degree programme:
Fine Art (Diploma)

Type of project presentation
Artwork

Semester
Summer semester 2019

Exhibition Location / Event Location
  • Goetheplatz 11 - mon ami
    (Arkaden zwischen mon ami und Kasseturm)


Project description

The Ouroboros or uroborus (/ˌ(j)ʊərəˈbɒrəs, uːˈrɒbərɒs/) is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon, eating its own tail. Originating in ancient Egyptian iconography, the ouroboros entered western tradition via Greek magical tradition and was adopted as a symbol in Gnosticism and Hermeticism and most notably in alchemy. The term derives from Ancient Greek: οὐροβόρος, from οὐρά (oura), "tail" + βορά (bora), "food", from βιβρώσκω (bibrōskō), "I eat".

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros

The installation is located in the city center of Weimar under the arcades between Mon Ami and Kasseturm. A body, drowning, reaches for the rescuing chain from above which is wrapped around its own leg.

For some time now I have worked with the division or separation of objects and their re-/ deplacement in order to create paradoxical stories or situations. Ouroboros increases by the hopeful gesture the absurdity but also the tragedy of the situation.

Material: wood & steel

Email: tkuehn.arts[at]googlemail.com

Exhibition Location / Event Location

Arkaden zwischen mon ami und Kasseturm

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