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Fountain of Normalised War

The installation points out that ongoing armed conflicts can become normalised over time. ‘Fountain of Normalised War’ aims to raise awareness of this normalisation in an irritating way.

The central object of the installation is a water pistol. The normalisation of war is inherent in it from the outset: A colourful children's toy modelled on a deadly weapon. In ‘Fountain of Normalised War’, the squirt gun is brutalised again: The colourful plastic piece has been cast in grey concrete and instead of water, blood spurts out of it.

‘Fountain of Normalised War’ is an expression of a desensitised world in which the horrors of war serve as the basis for an ordinary decorative fountain.

Materials: Concrete cast of a water pistol, petrol canisters, well pump, coloured water
Year: 2024
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