Chapter Generosity Feedback Group 3

Freeze 

As part of the Chapter Generosity transdisciplinary team, artist Koen Vanmechelen selected Freeze as the artwork to integrate the ideations of group 3 with the feedback and reflections of the transdisciplinary team.

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ARTWORK: Freeze

By Koen Vanmechelen

A frozen marble homunculus bears silver antlers on his head, accommodating an egg. This group's diverse, vulnerable, yet moving gifts suggest we need a Cosmopolitan Renaissance, a rebirth. In fragile times, there is an urgent need to connect with nature and others deeply. But doing that requires places shielded from the invasiveness of contemporary, uber-interconnected life. These sanctuaries create generous circumstances to explore the self and contemplate long-term actions and attitudes constructively and freely. Being generous can also be making, shielding, and harvesting precious seeds, giving them time to germinate, and releasing them into the world when it is ready.

 
Freeze, 2022
marble, silvered tree roots, silvered taxidermy chicken
136 x 75 x 68 cm
© Koen Vanmechelen

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