Cabinet of Curiosity
German artist Regine Ramseier gathered thousands of dandelion puffs for an installation, effortlessly titled ‘Calm’, at The ArToll art lab.
Both sites were in German and needed translating, though the words are nonetheless inspiriting.
…A symbol of life and birth. A symbol of transience. Pause a moment. Hold your breath and the ephemeral a breath turn. Amazement in the Wunderkammer…
[…Ein Symbol für Leben und Geburt. Ein Symbol für die Vergänglichkeit. Einen Augenblick innehalten. Den Atem anhalten und sich dem Vergänglichen einen Atemzug lang zuwenden. Staunen in der Wunderkammer…]
Regine Ramseier (artist)
…Art has always had extremes and do art in recent decades and to already marginal with explosives. I wish the ArTollern that the flame blazes continue their enthusiasm and the fire of their creativity is not to delete continue.
[Kunst kennt Extreme und immer hatte Kunst in den letzten Jahrzehnten auch schon mit Grenzsprengungen zu tun. Ich wünsche den ArTollern, dass die Flamme ihrer Begeisterung weiter lodert und das Feuer ihrer Kreativität weiterhin nicht zu löschen ist.]-Jan Hoet (ArtToll)
My favorite reference is to the wunderkammer:
A cabinet of curiosities was an encyclopedic collection in Renaissance Europe of types of objects whose categorial boundaries were yet to be defined. They were also known by various names such as Cabinet of Wonder, and in German Kunstkammer (“art-room”) or Wunderkammer (“wonder-room”).
*Sigh*
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