Road Kill
Installation & Video, Full HD, Stereosound, Loop, 19:54min
Edition of 8 + 2AP
Direction & Production: Martina Morger
Camera & Edit: Lukas Zerbst

Jaywalkers
5 Sculptures
Raw steel, car paint, sheep's wool, foam, wood
various sizes

The exhibition space is usually entered by the most primal form of locomotion, on foot, where the attention is attracted by a wall-sized video projection. Filmed from the perspective of a person in the passenger seat, the viewers are transformed into passengers themselves who experience a nighttime journey through passing landscapes, with the asphalt leading the way through the darkness. The scene radiating calmness: The car becomes a humming sedative that opens the door to the world of dreams. As pleasant as the swaying feeling of driving is for passengers, as drastic is the impact on creatures whose habitats are cut up by roads and often fall victim to roadkill.

Continuing through the (exhibition) room, visitors become part of a small herd of jaywalkers (Jaywalking describes crossing a street freely without taking the diversions to a regulated pedestrian crossing.): A group of objects made from sheep's wool with forged steel legs. Similar to counting sheep, they seem to scurry through the room. These figures are based on another passage in the video work, which is a scene from the animated film programme Pingu: The little plasticine penguin dreams of how its bed grows long legs, takes on a life of its own and finally culminates in a nightmare.

(Text by Luka Berchtold)

A special thank you to: Lukas Zerbst, Gaby Morger, Andreas Morger, Pascal Morger, Ellis Morger, Pingu, Kulturstiftung Liechtenstein, Walker Hof, Gemeinschaftszentrum Resch, Verein AllerArt, Simon Burtscher, Luka Berchtold (curation).

Photos by Lukas Zerbst & Christa Engstler