The German artist Ulrich Vogl (b. 1973 in Kaufbeuren, lives and works in Berlin) uses found materials and objects to create poetic works that appeal to feelings or experiences buried deep in our consciousness or collective memory.
Die launische Forelle, whose title refers to a lied by Franz Schubert, takes the form of a small wooden hut without windows or doors from which faint music can be heard. The cracks between the boards allow visitors to glimpse inside the hut, which accommodates a table, a chair, a mattress, a piano and hunting paraphernalia. The piano keys come to life at irregular intervals to churn out animal-themed tunes. This slightly creepy space, where time seems to stand still, belies romantic notions of self-sufficiency and reconnection with nature, playing with the sinister undertones of our ambivalent relation to animals.
- Piano recordings: Fabio Costa, Kai Nierhaus, Ulrich Vogl
- Musical advisers: Christian Schruff, Fabio Costa
