BURKHARD SCHITTNY, Fineart

hunger

HUNGER
LEGACY PROJECTS 2019

Glass / Breadcrumbs / Sawdust / 31 x 14 x 14 cm (12 x 6 x 6 in) / Plinth-mounted

INTRODUCTION
An hourglass is filled with breadcrumbs and sawdust – an allusion to the adulteration of bread with sawdust practised in some concentration camps.

Under conditions of forced labour, hunger, and extreme physical exertion, time became an existential factor for the prisoners: with every passing moment, the risk of dying from malnutrition increased.