Carsten Holler

Drawing heavily on his background as a scientist, Carsten Holler’s art often pertains to the nature of human experience, perception and self-analysis – many of his works are interactive, yet disorientating, creating an environment in which the viewer questions their own logic and understanding. Flying Machine is one of his most notable works; viewers are invited to be strapped into a harness and subsequently hoisted into the air – Holler has described his works as ‘exploratory sculptures’ and hopes to provide unique individual experiences that can be used as a means for self-exploration. Several of Holler’s works incorporate the use of animals; House for Pigs and People is perhaps his most recognised work of this kind and features a box-like structure, divided by a one-way mirror – people are enclosed within one side of the partition and the pigs enclosed within the other, but the one-way mirror only allows the people to observe the pig, a notion that depicts the prevalent ecological and social divisions that we are often unaware of.