What is so specific
about ... installation artists with Chemical sensitivities?
Artists who make installations are potentially using every
kind of material. And every kind of material can be toxic or
sentisizing, contain heavy metals or terpenes, pesticides, solvents or
other potentially dangerous material. Installations by artists with
Chemical Sensitivity are normally designed at home or in a safe
environment, but they need to be transported to and rebuilt in the
museums or galleries where they are exhibited. This confronts the
artists with all the difficulties of safe, non-toxic and fragrance-free
packing material and all the financial shortcomings of a disability
that often does not allow any paid job.
The disabled artist also has to
face the fact that he/she can not travel anymore, much less rebuild a
bigger installation single-handedly. Under these circumstances, most of
all installations of artists with Chemical Sensitivity were never seen
by anyone. (Moon McNeill, network
president, Germany)
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