Land's end, Version I, Cape Cornwall, 2008, Exhibition view, "Am Sprung", Linz. According to Sloterdijk one can only conquer what successfully could be reduced by one dimension. In October 2008 Mahony decided to steal the first end of the world which is supposed to be the first one in a long row of world ends (such as the region Finistère in Brétagne, Cabo de Finisterre in Spain or also the most southern point in South America, nearby Ushuaia). Therefore they went on a trip to Cornwall, Great Britain, in order to chip off this ancient end of the world, and came back with two ends.
In a land far away, after Rina Banerjee, 2008, Paper, glue, 400 x 100 x 100 cm, Installation view "Horror Vacui", Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary
Segmentbild, 2008, Potato skin on wooden frame, 90 x 221 cm
Exhibition view, Layr Wuestenhagen Garage
Mit Robben leben (living with seals), 2007, 25x40cm, Ed. of 3
"Rekonstruktion des ältesten Stück Dings der Welt", 2007, clay, shoe polish, (reconstruction of "oldest piece on earth)
"Photographie des ältesten Stück Dings der Welt", 2007 digital print, framed (Photography of the oldest piece on earth) Text on Photography: Oldest piece on earth/approx. 80 million years/No Photos/National Maritime Museum Greenwich. GB
strategy of action, Küche, kitchen, London 2007, c-print, 40x50cm; Treppenhaus/staircase, London 2007, c-print, 40x50cm
"However, when artist collective mahony arrived fresh from Vienna, they slowly began to undo the very workings of this organisation. As soon as computers and copiers switched to standby at the end of business each day, they literally unpacked precious archival materials, dismantled furniture and shuffled the daily detritus that constitutes this 9 to 5 working environment. Removing glasses from kitchen cupboards, books from library shelves, and beds from bedrooms, mahony rearranged these materials into temporary interventions, lasting only long enough to be photographed in the midnight hours, before returning them precisely to their ordinary positions before the 9am log-on".(Austrian Cultural Institut/London)
strategy of action, vorher-nacher II / before-after II, London 2007, c-print, 40x50cm, (Austrian Cultural Institut/London)
Installation view/ Viennafair 2007, "Kohle & Kartoffeln"/
"Kohle&Kartoffeln", 2007, Bleistift und Tusche auf Papier/pencil & ink on paper, 40x60cm
The temporary installation Kohle und Kartoffeln (coals and potatoes) showed a float made out of cardboard, rope, a plastic bucket, a piece of wall and the wall itself. The bottom for the float had been cut out of the wall from the stand with the help of a chainsaw.
“schäbiger Mond, leuchte“ (make-shift moon, lamp), Italien ist Weltmeister, 2007, installation view, Collage, Nitro-frottage / cardboard, speaker, DVD 20 sec. - sound, camping chair, 170 x 270 cm
Pilgerwasser (water of the pilgrim)
Pilgerwasser (water of the pilgrim)
Gruppenbilder mit Backenbärten:
untitled, 2007, 4 b/w photographs, framed, each 50 x 40cm
Gruppenbild mit Hünengrab,2007, Collage, Nitrofrottage, 90 x 122cm
Schäbiger Mond, leuchte, 2007, light box,
180 x 120 x 45 cm, installationview Layr Wuestenhagen Garage
bin ich Gärtner, bin ich Mensch, c - print, Ed. 3 (03)
bin ich Gärtner, bin ich Mensch, light boxes 100x70x30 cm (each), installation view, Galerie 5020, Salzburg (04)
Sommerloch, Ansicht von Oben:
untitled (Sommerloch 05 Serie) C-Print, gerahmt, 130 x 170, 2005
untitled (Sommerloch 05 Serie) C-Print auf Alu Dibond kaschiert, 70x100cm, 2005
Happy End Maschine, Performance / Sculpture,
The Happy End Maschine was constructed to enable an individual to film a 3-minute final scene. Once the appropriate background has been chosen, the machines cinemascope-frame must be adjusted and a camera attached to the machines tripod. To start the film rolling one must sit on the saddle, turn on the speaker and start pedalling. After three minutes a chain driven by the pedals, moves the script the end through the frame.
Performance shot
