'Unicorn' - Rebecca Horn, 1970Been reading up on Rebecca Horn recently. I'm particulary interested in this piece. The slant the author gives it is in the past when communities/tribes first came together to settle in an area they would place a pole into the ground. This pole would become the centre point for the settlement. Further it would be the vertical axis against the earths horizontal axis from which all measurements would be taken. It can be claimed that for these people the central pole would be the centre of the universe.
The author puts forward the idea that Horn is aware of this as she has the actress walk about with her own pole placed upon her head making her the centre of the universe wherever she goes.
This would make a statement about how the artist uses her own body to measure the universe.After producing the log/belt piece i realised that this principle could also be applied to it. This is the thinking behind my ventures into public spaces wearing my log/belt.
Hopefully those that see it are forced to consider what they see, with any luck they'll be unable to settle on a definition for it, this will allow them to continue to create new possibilities/meanings for it for as long as they can be bothered.
Failing that then at the very least make them smile
