documenta 10, 1997
21 June - 28 September 1997, Kassel, Germany. Artistic director: Catherine David. 138 participants at the exhibition. 100 Days - 100 Guests.
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* 1952 Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
+ 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Inside out, upside down (Ponta Cabeça). 1997
Installation, performances
Kulturbahnhof
"I see this work as a kind of oracle. For me, it is the return of the divination, of the sacredness in art. The hats, for instance, hang from the huge wooden crosses used for controlling marionettes, and there is a gesture of "freeing" the temple from the "hand of God". Each time an observer perceives something, this something becomes a part of his/her fate, whether s/he like it or not. The range of this incorporation depends upon the disposition of your fate or your own will to understand what you are seeing. The reintroduction of the concept of destiny and divination in art goes in this direction, and this is one of the most important elements of my work."
Tunga about his work in an interview with Pat Binder & Gerhard Haupt
Interview with Tunga
UiU Magazine
© Photos: Haupt & Binder
21 June - 28 September 1997, Kassel, Germany. Artistic director: Catherine David. 138 participants at the exhibition. 100 Days - 100 Guests.