Ann-Sofi Sidén. CODEX, 1993-2005

30.06.2005 - 30.07.2005

Christine König Galerie, Wien / Österreich

"History is the shelf inside all of us. Judical records make people visible in remote spots of history. By transcending the law these people exist. I have chosen to pay attention to eleven women because of the fact that their fates would presumably never have been represented anywhere else than in the confrontation with the law. But history, as well as human beings, are carriers of both truth and lies. One of the court cases in CODEX is totally fictious and the punishment has been given an additional name......"
(Ann-Sofi Sidén, in: Ausstellungsinformation)