Review: Margins for Madness — Installation for Radio

From Novem­ber 23rd to Novem­ber 30th, Sara Ham­dy tur­ned the gal­lery Blech. Raum für Kunst Hal­le into a gar­den and radio space.
The instal­la­ti­on Mar­gins for Mad­ness, Unde­si­ra­ble Monu­ments was part of Hamdy’s ongoing
rese­arch loo­king at the ways in which mad­ness and unre­ason are soci­al­ly con­s­truc­ted. How is
mad­ness embo­di­ed and embedded in public space? For the artist, the simul­ta­neous seclu­si­on and
exte­rio­ri­ty of urban gar­dens are a meta­phor for what we call madness.
Plant lovers were invi­ted to bring their favou­ri­te green flat­ma­tes and let them be part of the instal­led gar­den, which con­sti­tu­ted the space for seve­ral radio events:

Opening broadcast (extract)

The Museum of Plant Animals (Extract)