Bodo Wentz: Fallsucht I (Falling sickness I)Ceramic, 1983
The ceramic depicts two essential moments of the disease epilepsy, firstly the medical aspect: the brain as the source of the disease, and the "seizure" of the person suffering from epilepsy as the impressive symptom of the disease. Secondly it portrays the psycho-social aspect: the chronic disease "epilepsy" leading to exclusion, social isolation, desolation, retreating ("into one's shell"). This sculpture is the property of the German Epilepsy museum. --- close this window --- |