"Mein innerer Schweinehund" - Bonn, Germany
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"Mein innerer Schweinehund" is a sculpture made by the Danish artist Jens Galschiøt from 1993.
Waymark Code: WMT24J
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 09/12/2016
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"Mein innerer Schweinehund"(one's weaker self)is 2.30m high and made of concrete. The sculpture with pork head and a coat should steer the look at increasing violence, intolerance and racism. The monument was built up at the same time in twenty towns of Europe as part of a happening in 1993.
Inscription:
INNERER SCHWEINEHUND
ART: Tier mit Instinkten niedrigster Art. (Animal with instincts of the lowest kind)
UNTERSCHLUPF: In dir und in mir, d.h. in jedem einzelnen Individuum des Homo Sapiens.
HIDING PLACE: In you and in me, i.e. in every single individual of the homo sapiens.
WACHSTUMSBEDINGUNGEN: Wächst sich gross, wenn Menschen Opfer der Gewalt, der Erniedrigung und respektloses Verfahrens werden
GROWTH TERMS: Grows largely if people become victims of violence, degradation and disrespectful procedures.
BETRAGEN: Greift die ethische Wertgrundlage des Menschen an, so dass Rassismus, Fremdenhass und Intoleranz die übermacht bekommen.
MANNER: Attacks the ethical values of humans, so that racism, xenophobia and intolerance get the superior strength.
VERBREITUNG: Kann völlig die Macht über den einzelnen Menschen, über soziale Gruppen und im Extremfall über ganze Bevölkerungen nehmen.
SPREADING: Can completely take the power about the single person, about social groups and in the extreme case about whole populations.
DARF NICHT GEFÜTTERT WERDEN
MAY NOT BE FED
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: "Mein innerer Schweinehund"
Figure Type: Combination of two figure types
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Jens Galschiøt
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1993
Materials used: concrete
Location: Friedrich-Ebert-Alleen Bonn. Near Bundeskunsthalle.
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