B for Benommenheit, 2017
Awning, clay, showcase, smartphone, plastic, documents
Dimensions variable
Exhibition view: Museum Haus Konstruktiv, 2017
Awarded the 2017 Canton Zurich Art Award
«Die Benommenheit ist das Grundwesen des Organismus.» Martin Heidegger, Die Grundbegriffe der Metaphysik
Starting from the logo of a former grocery the work is an attempt to track a verisimilar ontology of the “Animal” and its consequent iconography. The work consists of an assemblage of visual testimony, archeological reconstruction, and a fictional display.
With a quote from Hedegger’s “What is Metaphysics?” in which he designates the animal as “poor in world”, an exerpt of Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Cartoon, and a butcher’s wrapping paper, the aim is to unfold one of the many Western anthropocentric representation of the “Animal.”
Awning, clay, showcase, smartphone, plastic, documents
Dimensions variable
Exhibition view: Museum Haus Konstruktiv, 2017
Awarded the 2017 Canton Zurich Art Award
«Die Benommenheit ist das Grundwesen des Organismus.» Martin Heidegger, Die Grundbegriffe der Metaphysik
Starting from the logo of a former grocery the work is an attempt to track a verisimilar ontology of the “Animal” and its consequent iconography. The work consists of an assemblage of visual testimony, archeological reconstruction, and a fictional display.
With a quote from Hedegger’s “What is Metaphysics?” in which he designates the animal as “poor in world”, an exerpt of Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Cartoon, and a butcher’s wrapping paper, the aim is to unfold one of the many Western anthropocentric representation of the “Animal.”
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bccd46f5ad12f2809c9c44e4aca7c32cb5a1f9e2dac78e4d56b94ea923cfe7a6/Ben_03_Schwaighofer.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a60f73afbfbff2d706c6f8e04ba294446df551dd2ab5e3640ce725b511d35d3f/Ben_04_Schwaighofer.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b60628ab77f652156f6977b9c5d4e6d77d20d6b4c3121c5919399ba2f0299954/Ben_05_Schwaighofer.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/895c9e8c9147d29e09a1422ab0c96bb540ae9e3565904aa039347010f7891ba0/Ben_06_Schwaighofer.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5116183283910419626a55817e091d15d94dc08b9aaa0e4f9e0ac7689d44f1fc/Ben_07_Schwaighofer.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/efb141542b02e2147818d419f856cb60fb90c5ba0bde98c52f194a431ac958bd/Ben_09_Schwaighofer.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2cccf286f37cdfd6c8f91727fc989d45e1cec9e239ca5631adf8e98abd14df5/Ben_01_Schwaighofer.jpg)