METABOLICA photography nor with the disappearance

nor with the disappearance

Thomas Feuerstein uses and distorts bottles of alcoholic drinks

which shaped a strong neo-avant-garde artistic environment

essays by Marika Kuźmicz

The book was published as part of the homonymous exhibition at Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman Innsbruck in May 1989

METABOLICA photography nor with the disappearanceMETABOLICA transcends the conventions of a typical exhibition catalogue. For many years, Feuerstein has been developing a concept of art that expands symbolic representations through real processes in political, bioeconomic, and aesthetic terms. Metabolism, the central concept of all life, refers to material transformations that METABOLICA exploits to obtain a practical, biodegradable plastic for sculptural works from algae and bacteria. The works in