I want to carve the message in stone
Body contours are carved into reddish clay slabs with irregular outlines, sometimes rounded, sometimes more or less square. Letters or mathematical symbols are scratched into the still soft surface with a pointed object (a kind of chisel) surrounded by fingerprints. There are also silhouettes of individual limbs, a foot or a finger in various constellations, sometimes alongside a few characteristic inner lines to suggest toenails or fingernails. When regarding the body, Sophie Aigner visualizes its tips: the peripheral ends of the extremities, toes and fingers, but also the nose and ear (medically acra.) [...]
Hanne Loreck, in: Alright, it means something to me, Verlag für Moderne Kunst Wien, 2024.
