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Stones like us

A project by Katrin Hornek in collaboration with Sabina Holzer and the bodystone collection of Dr. Tessadri

Tischofer cave in the Kaisergebirge, Kufstein
23.- 24.06.2018
from 10:00 to 18:00

Rock-formers are people who produce body stones such as gallstones, bladder stones or kidney stones in their organs. They consist of minerals that are formed in similar processes both inside and outside the body in caverns and caves. Probably the most extensive contemporary collection of such body stones in Austria is located at the University of Innsbruck. It has been built up secretly by the geologist Richard Tessadri († 2017) over the last 30 years in collaboration with the main Austrian hospitals. Instead of disposing the stones after analyzing them for their geologic composition – in order to help diagnosing the origin of the disease – he kept them like gems. With his agreement, parts of this collection were for the first time publicly shown in an installation arrangement at the Tischofer Cave – the oldest archeological site in Tyrol.
A connecting moment between organically and inorganically organized matter, an encounter between the inside and the outside.

 

 

financed by "Art in Public Space" of Tyrol

www.koer-tirol.at

Katrin Hornek Stones like us

body stone collection, Richard Tessadri, University of Innsbruck

Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us

Text: Sabina Holzer

 

Katrin Hornek Stones like us

score set 2, # think of tunnel construction works and cave forming processes while letting the clay in your hands respond to the body stones in front of you.

Katrin Hornek Stones like us

score set 2, # Read parts of the text from the booklet to someone else or something in the cave, a layering, a line, a notch, an animal.

Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us

score set 2, # think of tunnel construction works and cave forming processes while letting the clay in your hands respond to the body stones in front of you.

Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us

score set 1, # Lean back to the cave walls with your eyes closed. Think of the mineral components of your body like bones and teeth. Let yourself mineralize.

Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us
Katrin Hornek Stones like us

Text: Sabina Holzer - if you would like to read the entire text please mail me mail@katrinhornek.net

Katrin Hornek Stones like us

Rock-formers are people who produce body stones such as gallstones, bladder stones or kidney stones in their organs. They consist of minerals that are formed in similar processes both inside and outside the body in caverns and caves. Probably the most extensive contemporary collection of such body stones in Austria is located at the University of Innsbruck. It has been built up secretly by the geologist Richard Tessadri († 2017) over the last 30 years in collaboration with the main Austrian hospitals. Instead of disposing the stones after analyzing them for their geologic composition – in order to help diagnosing the origin of the disease – he kept them like gems. With his agreement, parts of this collection were for the first time publicly shown in an installation arrangement at the Tischofer Cave – the oldest archeological site in Tyrol.
A connecting moment between organically and inorganically organized matter, an encounter between the inside and the outside.

 

 

financed by "Art in Public Space" of Tyrol

www.koer-tirol.at