Ricarda Mieth

kleine Fische [Small Fry] / Installation

kleine Fische

KLEINE FISCHE [small fry] create a mise-en-scène of the narrow lightwell in the prison as an aquarium.

260 silicon fish are installed on a 9-metre-high mobile. The fish hang in the open air and move in the wind. The blue-tinted glass evokes water. The virtual biotope is illuminated from below when it grows dark outside.

kein Fisch ohne Gräten, kein Mensch ohne Mängel

Aquariums are closed systems full of big fish and small fry circling around, absorbed in their own affairs, perpetually under observation. The fish in this aquarium are commercially available bait, just right for catching giant pike. Here they swim in a dry lightwell, far removed from their purpose, in an alien environment.

like a fish out of water

view from the roof into the atrium

tinted glass facade, steel structure, acrylic lures

Video

prison entrance area
Maintenance

The plastic lures were replaced in 2022.

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