HEROES, HELPERS, ENEMIES, TEMPTATIONS AND MAGICAL MEDICINES AT WORK
2009
Concept
Drawings and stories were collected from people of various occupations, such as telecommunications system engineers, taxi drivers, cleaning personnel, artists, administration personnel, workshop technicians, etc.
The drawings of HEROES, HELPERS...were then constructed in metal and self-hardening clay.
Exhibition
>>SPLENDID ISOLATION<<, Kunstraum, Berlin (2009)

Helper
45cm/H x 38cm/W x 13cm/L
Modeling clay, textiles, and steel
Foto: Maren Boerner, Attila Hartwig


//Questions//
You are at work in your office, studio etc.
Please pick an object and make a drawing of a humanized version of it as the following characters (choose one object for each character):

1. An object/humanized who understands you more than anyone else does, stays with you all the time and makes you laugh--the best company.

2. An object/humanized who is a born hero/heroine. His/her talent and charisma are out of your reach. Every person highly respects and admires him/her.

3. An object/humanized who is your competitor, the meanest colleague who spies on you.

4. An object/humanized who sees at you at the moment when you absolutely do not want to be seen by anyone else.

5. An object/humanized who makes you think very clearly, gives you creative energy, confidence, and allows you to make the right decisions.

6. An object/humanized who is absolutely beautiful, drop-dead gorgeous, and gives you addictive sexual pleasure, but you know that you will be hurt sooner or later.