Großer gelber Vogelbaum
Permanent installation, part of Wunderkammer: Voliere
Großer gelber Vogelbaum extends the Voliere as a kind of exotic plant in which birds hide. It is built from numerous, partly painted pieces of wood cut in a silhouette technique from Doka formwork boards, forming a three dimensional marquetry made from construction site material. A suggested conical flowerpot serves as its base, from which stems and blossoms grow, camouflaging the birds nested among them through matching craftsmanship. Integrated lighting turns the birds' silhouettes into something between a flutter, a swarm, and a freeze frame, leaving open whether the tree holds many birds or one bird multiplied into countless fragments. The piece touches on early modernist approaches that moved between sculpture, architecture, and kinetic art, with a playful nod to Paul Klee's Twittering Machine (1922).
Part of Wunderkammer: Voliere, a permanent installation with works by Anna Artaker, Thomas Baumann, Hugo Canoilas, József Csató, Josef Frank, Ernst Koslitsch, Leo Lunger, Edith Payer, Dagobert Peche, Katrin Plavčak, Felice Rix-Ueno, Magdalena Maller, Peter Weisz, and the collections of the Esterházy Private Foundation.