Now I can look at you in peace
analogue sound installation
366 ripstop flags, 77 metal bells, cow wire
17 days
2021| Appenzell
Nun kann ich euch in Frieden betrachten consists of 366 colourful flags and small bells hung in a narrow alley between the house and the monastery wall with the help of cow wire. The sound installation is time-based; it will be destroyed after the exhibition.
This work visualises in flags of different colours how many animals are killed for consumption worldwide within one second. The different colours stand for the different animals listed in the statistics. Every year 3,170,476,248,668 animals are killed for consumption.
Nun kann ich euch in Frieden betrachten is shown on the occasion of the Book & Arts Festival “Kleiner Frühling – grosse Frauen“.
Now I can look at you in peace; I don’t eat you any more.
Franz kafka
| Colour | Animals | Individuals per second |
|---|---|---|
| Purple | Cows | 10 |
| Black | Buffalo | 1 |
| Grass green | Sheep | 18 |
| Dark green | Goats | 14 |
| Bordeaux | Pigs | 47 |
| Neon Orange | Horses* | 0.154 |
| Neon Orange | Donkey* | 0.085 |
| Neon Orange | Mules* | 0.017 |
| Neon Orange | Camel-like* | 0.103 |
| Red | Chickens | 1940 |
| White | Ducks | 92 |
| Yellow | Geese | 22 |
| Aubergine | Turkeys | 20 |
| Pink | Other birds | 2 |
| Neon Yellow | Rabbits | 37 |
| Grey | Rodents | 2 |
| Light blue | Game fish | 73845 |
| King blue | Farmed fish | 5311 |
| Turquoise | Decapods | 19176 |
| Total | 100’535 |
* These animals are represented in the work by one flag only.