Ursula Neugebauer's installation Tour En L'Air (Circle in the Air) was the highlight at the recent exhibition of contemporary art in the Kunstmuseum Bonn entitled Luminious West (10.07. - 23.10.2010).
Walking around the few meter high seductive red dresses evoked the senses and provoked the visitors to get in touch with their emotions. The striking red of each dress symbolizes the passionate, unrestricted and wild emotions of the inner psyche of women. While the rigidness of the lines and length of dresses, somehow embodies the social restrictions and norms that women need to follow when being in public.
The effect of the symbolic meaning of the dresses is emphasized by the turning of the dresses with the aid of an electronic mechanism that makes them spin in the air at regular intervals. The pace of the movement when standing next to each dress while turning in the air make you feel the motion as the air moves.
While the installation is simple, the effect that it has on the visitors, transcends the time and space spent at the museum. It stays with you days after the event, as it reaches part of your soul that makes you realize your deepest desires and unfulfilled dreams. The combination of stillness and motion become central to the work. Their represent the hidden wildness of women subjected to female objectification.
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