University of Applied Arts Vienna, Photo © Jorit Aust, 2022

Hungry Ghosts

Artist's book and Installation

Hungry Ghosts  2022, Artist's book and Installation 

  In Buddhist cosmology “Hungry Ghosts” are depicted with large, empty bellies. They have pinhole mouths and their necks are so thin that they are unable to eat and swallow, so they remain hungry. They are associated with addiction, obsession and com- pulsion. Hungry Ghosts constantly seek something outside of themselves to still an insatiable yearning for relief or fullfilment.

This book meditates on the implications of a wounded capacity to relate to oneself and to the world and aims to counteract that with a kaleidoscope of memoirs.

Film The Woolgatherers by Marina Leblhuber

Supervised by Univ.-Prof. Virgil Widrich;
Supported by Martin Reinhart;

Commission
Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Dr.phil. Margarete Jahrmann
Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Ernst Strouhal
Univ.-Prof. Virgil Widrich

Marina Rebhandl Work Photos

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Hungry Ghosts