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Thomas Hirschhorn - The Eye
23. July 2008, 10:56:20 unter Art Spaces, Austria, Exhibitions, German, Interviews, Podcasts, Secession, Video, ViennaTo flare up, to freak out, to lose it—to see red. Red stands for danger, the red stoplight, red stands for pain and suffering, the red flag, red stands for love and desire, glowing-hot red, blood red. “The Eye” sees red. Exclusively. At least according to the Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn, whose installation “The Eye” currently takes place at the Wiener Secession.
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Thomas Hirschhorn is a fan of philosophy. He admires Foucault. In one of his early works, Foucault investigates “The Order of Things”, which gives us a clear view of the world, putting some things together according to a relation, while others are incomparably set apart. The order of the things, according to the philosopher, is not self-evident, various possibilities exist. Foucault quotes from J.L. Borges’ book “The Book of Imaginary Beings”, an encyclopedia which arranges the world in a decidedly unexpected manner. more »
