Flying Machine is one of his most notable works; viewers are invited to be strapped into a harness and subsequently hoisted into the air – Holler has described his works as ‘exploratory sculptures’ and hopes to provide unique individual experiences that can be used as a means for self-exploration.
« I see one function of the museum as being a space for experimentation and for testing ideas and concepts that could eventually be realised on a larger scale outside the museum. »
Carsten Holler
Several of Holler’s works incorporate the use of animals; House for Pigs and People is perhaps his most recognised work of this kind and features a box-like structure, divided by a one-way mirror – people are enclosed within one side of the partitio
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Flying Machine is one of his most notable works; viewers are invited to be strapped into a harness and subsequently hoisted into the air – Holler has described his works as ‘exploratory sculptures’ and hopes to provide unique individual experiences that can be used as a means for self-exploration.
« I see one function of the museum as being a space for experimentation and for testing ideas and concepts that could eventually be realised on a larger scale outside the museum. »
Carsten Holler
Several of Holler’s works incorporate the use of animals; House for Pigs and People is perhaps his most recognised work of this kind and features a box-like structure, divided by a one-way mirror – people are enclosed within one side of the partition and the pigs enclosed within the other, but the one-way mirror only allows the people to observe the pig, a notion that depicts the prevalent ecological and social divisions that we are often unaware of.
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