Islands: You and Me – A Second and a Lifetime Markus Hofko

Markus Hofko's islands are a series of sculptures showing miniature scenes of life. Isolated chunks of earth, which look like they have been ripped from the planet's crust, hang suspended in space. The random group of inhabitants left floating on this debris, do their best to survive in these limited environs. Hofko's Islands visualise the inevitable limitations of our own subjective, social, physical and imaginative worlds. These tiny microcosms position the viewer as a superior being but ultimately helpless observer. Islands You and Me – A Second and a Lifetime is supported by the Goethe Institute.

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Presented alongside Future Girl and Tales of Interior Logic