The theme is Anderson's 1835 fairy tale, "The Princess and the Pea." In which the princess, who is allowed to marry the prince, is eventually found. After several ambitious ladies failed to feel the pea under many pillows, the simple, poor girl was sensitive enough to do so. She felt the pea underneath 20 pillows! The family saw this as her upbringing as a princess. She was allowed to marry the prince. The couple lived happily ever after. The story teaches: don't judge a book by its cover.
The story also tells us that the pea is placed in a museum.
The combination of materials is free, open, and unexpected; Regula's imagination is historically and geographically boundless. His love of nature is also limitless. Moreover, a sense of "craziness" is always palpable, as previously in the comprehensive, ongoing project of the "Crowns" for the "Vices" from Erasmus's "Praise of Folly."
31 Jan | Sat | 15.00: Artist Talk