Wolf Vostell Endogen Depression Vostell’s ‘Endogen Depression’ was originally started in 1975 for the Hannover Art…
Endogen Depression
Vostell’s ‘Endogen Depression’ was originally started in 1975 for the Hannover Art Museum in Germany and later shown in Europe and in the USA in nine different versions. The installation consisted of about forty pieces, among which: tv sets half embedded in concrete, tables, dressers, referencing a domestic environment. In the original version a group of dogs was left roaming the space, accompanied by the very low sounds emitted by the sets. In a 1980 version in Los Angeles LAICA museum, the dogs were replaced by live turkeys, an animal strictly tied to the North-American folklore. The result of the interaction between animals, objects and sounds is an allegory of contemporary society, passive and asleep under a flood of images, patterns and events. ( by fosco lucarelli )