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"Heimspiel" 2018, Kunsthalle St.Gallen and Grants at Helmhaus Zurich 2017

5 radiators, crushed, stainless-steel heating pipes,120x150x230cm - © Stefan Jaeggi

5 radiators, crushed, stainless-steel heating pipes, transport platform, 120x150x230cm - © Ilona Ruegg

Used radiators have been crushed, their volume deformed and compressed and then connected with a piping system which is commonly used for heating systems. Heating pipes lead generally to an energy source which is responsible for supply of warmth. Here the system is closed and constitutes at the same time the support structure. Hardly thinkable that there is a flow of warmth. But the radiators seem to emit energy to the room, developed from distortion.