Catalog
SCARS
first published in 2011
With SCARS Franz Wassermann addresses sexualized violence against children and young adults in the public space of Innsbruck. The artist makes the topic visible with the help of posters on which he asks people concerned to gift him personal objects which he later displays in a mirrored cube in the center of the town. The catalogue SCARS documents all project phases with photographs and texts. Special attention is dedicated to letters and e-mails of people concerned who react on Wassermann´s questions and interventions. Furthermore, the personal objects of people concerned are presented, most of them appearing in the photo series DEVOTIONAL IMAGES in which the artist portrays all objects in front of a white background.
SCARS: With texts by Margret Aull, Beate Eder-Jordan, Markus Fankhauser, Angela Federspiel, Reinhold Görling, Anita Moser, Gabriele Plattner, Hanne Seitz, Andrea Sommerauer, Marlene Streeruwitz, Tamar Tembeck, Karin Wachter, Franz Wassermann, Sonja Wohlatz, representatives of chield protection centre Innsbruck and survivors. (texts in German and English)
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