Station: [59] Marte Eknæs, Insides, 2024

The idea for Insides came from an anatomical teaching doll whose torso can be zipped open to reveal the inner organs: heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, stomach and intestines. Eknæs has now recreated this open torso in a hole prepared for an earlier installation in the sculpture park. It represents more an imaginary continuum than a self-contained body. Reused building materials, a composter and inflatable objects each play their own role in this play of construction and infrastructure, and reflect the complex anatomy of a city.

Marte Eknæs

Insides, 2024

Recycled materials such as spiralled ventilator hose, concrete sewage shafts, PVC sewage pipes, IBC water tank, spiral pipe, PVC sewer pipe, wooden panels, stones, steel composter, aluminium flex duct, PVC inflatables, connectors, fasteners

Courtesy of the artist

Supported by Anton Bausinger and Stiftung Skulpturenpark Köln
© Stiftung Skulpturenpark Köln, 2024, Photo: Mareike Tocha