g-signs #1:

from 17th until 24th of March 2009 in 19 German museums (most of modern art) epidemically appeared 84 unknown sculptural creatures.
I call this art action "the growing signs of life", which is primarily based on some ideas in my artist statement:

"the futuristic, bioistic idea behind my art:

bioism or biofuturism represents my attempt to create new living forms and a new aesthetics of future organic life.
for me, bioism is a way to develop art objects which express new forms of vital activity.
bioism is my attempt to produce an art based on vitality and complexity. in elaborating each piece, I try to invest in with as much movement, breathing and multiplicity as possible. I regard each of my works as a living being.
bioism extends life to lifeless subjects. personally, I believe that in the future, in the wake of a biological revolution, we will use living furniture, dwell in living houses, and travel in space using living stations. but the most exciting thing will be the ability of artists to work with living substances, thereby constructing new forms of life. the artistic act will acquire the practical sense of birth. fantastical might be reactions of art object to its creator and surroundings. art museums of the future could turn into zoological gardens, galleries into new life diversity funds, ateliers into biological laboratories.
bioism aims to spread new and endless forms of life throughout the universe."

the main vision of the art action "the growing signs of life" is that the museums of the future will be living systems, which are continually spreading.
I wish to see outgrowths to appear on the walls of the buildings simultaneously and mysteriously on multiple places. flushing young creatures. germination of new life.
the timing of the project is also important: one week within the middle of astronomical spring, as a sign of the beginning of growth.
so I decided to visualize it in some interesting and, as the offsprings are growing slowly, non-aggressive way. the pieces are not big, 1 x 1 x 8-12 cm, and sprouting in different  places.
why the creatures are white and in test tubes?: 1. white is the colour of the unknown; 2. this are not test tubes at all - but uteri.
why installing them in museums?: 1. these are the best places to be confronted with art; 2. how will the museums and art of the future look like after the biological revolution?

museums with "the growing signs of life":

Köln Museum Ludwig




Duisburg Lembruck Museum




Krefeld Kaiser Wilhelm Museum






Krefeld Haus Esters


Mönchengladbach Museum Abteiberg










Aachen Forum Ludwig






Bonn Kunstmuseum








Bonn Bundeskunsthalle
(sorry, was prohibited to take the picture)

Brühl Max Ernst Museum






Hamburg Kunsthalle






Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie




Berlin Hamburger Bahnhof




Frankfurt MMK






Frankfurt Schirn Kunsthalle




Frankfurt Städel Museum




Düsseldorf K21








Düsseldorf KIT




Düsseldorf Kunsthalle




Düsseldorf Museum Kunst Palast

of course there was no way to organize this action formally: therefore I took the risk to perform this project non-bureaucratically.
I think most of "the growing signs" are already removed, and it is interesting to see, how many of these creatures will survive in the museums’ environments, and for how long.

g-signs #2 >