Buggelkraxen, 2010, installation with photographies, wood boxes, geranium and string, variable dimensions, Collection Columbus Ravensburg

I build my village, as I know it, from fruit crates. A church, a school, a widum, an inn, houses and stables. I build it in such a way that I can take it with me at any time as a ‘Buggelkraxe’ (rucksack) and go travelling with it. The ‘Buggelkrax carriers’ were the temporary workers of the past who travelled from farm to farm offering their services. The gardener, the flicker, the spinner, the weaver. Many love stories are associated with them and many a person owes their existence to a ‘Buggelkrax carrier’. 

Buggelkraxen, 2010, installation with photographies, wood boxes, geranium and string, variable dimensions, Collection Columbus Ravensburg; Photo: Thierry Chassepoux

Buggelkraxen, 2010, installation with photographies, wood boxes, geranium and string, variable dimensions, Collection Columbus Ravensburg; Photo: Thierry Chassepoux

Buggelkraxen, 2010, installation with photographies, wood boxes, geranium and string, variable dimensions, Collection Columbus Ravensburg; Photo: Thierry Chassepoux

Buggelkraxen, 2010, installation with photographies, wood boxes, geranium and string, variable dimensions, Collection Columbus Ravensburg; Photo: Thierry Chassepoux

Buggelkraxen, 2010, installation with photographies, wood boxes, geranium and string, variable dimensions, Collection Columbus Ravensburg; Photo: Karl-Heinz Augustin