Descrizione Opera / Biografia
The series “Pandemic Games - Revaluation” deals with the Covid19 pandemic, but also takes a look at the present. Originally, the study focused on two aspects.
Firstly, the use of pandemic paraphernalia for games was intended to bring a little lightness to the topic and its consideration. For example, personal remnants of the pandemic, corona tests, cotton buds and other accessories can be turned into games or toys. You can think about them and try to find out whether they can be detached from their origin.
On the other hand, the presentation form of the games was also chosen because they have regained importance in times of contact and exit bans.
A third aspect, which is currently the most important, has developed recently. For months, voices have been getting louder again to address the political decisions of the coronavirus pandemic and their social impact. Although we claim for ourselves that our decisions should always be seen in the context of the respective situation, this is usually disregarded when evaluating the decisions of others. Especially when it comes to political decisions. In retrospect, the mistakes are pointed out and it is pretended that we would have made a much better decision at the time - simple a political game ...
The series consists of 5 related works (Jenga, House of Cards, Dominoes, Mikado, Bricks).