Peter Weibel
The living room as a world problem / The world as a problem of the living room
![Impressions of the exhibition »respektive Peter Weibel«. / © ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, photo: Felix Grünschloss The photo shows a section of the exhibition »respektive Peter Weibel«, which shows the life's work of the artist and driving force of Viennese Actionism, Peter Weibel.](https://zkm.de/sites/default/files/styles/r17_720_dynamic/public/bild/felix_grunschloss_p3a1449.jpg?itok=bCPOPkC5)
- Artists
- Peter Weibel
- Title
- The living room as a world problem / The world as a problem of the living room
- Medium / Material / Technic
- wrought iron flower stand, 7 inscribed ceramic ashtrays, cactus, plate with chalk inscription, 7 inscribed plastic balls
- Size / Duration
- dimensions variable
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In this installation, the furnishings of a Western, middle-class living room find themselves confronted with shocking realities. Conventional objects can be seen such as a wrought iron flower-stand, which instead of plants holds ashtrays with the inscription »PRO/MINUTE/WERDEN/2 MIO.$/FÜR/RÜSTUNG/AUSGEGEBEN« [every minute two million dollars are spent on armaments]. Colored plastic balls are inscribed with the words »PRO/MINUTE/STERBEN/30/KINDER/AN/HUNGER« [every minute thirty kids die of hunger]. On a board a message in white chalk says: »WELTWEIT« [worldwide]. Through the metaphor of the living room, Peter Weibel, as a political artist, links these repressed realities with a critique of middle class lifestyle. How do we come to terms with the world we live in? Isn’t the world the living room of all of us?