Tilman Peschel’s Circuit Respiration.

1. jodie
   June 11th, 2007 at 9:47 pm

   nope, i got nothin’.

2. Peter
   June 11th, 2007 at 11:41 pm

   Kreisatmung is possibly better translated as Circular Breathing. From the Wikipedia article, “Circular breathing is a technique used by players of some wind instruments to produce a continuous tone without break, and is accomplished by breathing in through the nose while blowing through the mouth the air stored in the cheeks.” It is also used by Didgeridoo players.

   Of course, I am not sure how this relates to the artwork in question.

3. BDSMguy
   June 12th, 2007 at 12:32 am

   http://www.slinkyskin.co.uk/ball-body.htm

   The artist has a bondage thing going?

4. jeff
   June 12th, 2007 at 3:12 am

   circular breathing is also used in meditation and yoga. both of which seem more applicable given the context than a musical one. if the press release and reviews weren’t in german they would probably give you more information. i would think though, that the photos shown are both finished art works in themselves and also documention of the intended use of the latex spheres, which would appear to isolate oneself with, and make one more aware of, one’s own breathing. that’s where the circular breathing comes in. but, if you stayed in one of those spheres too long you’d eventually suffocate. so maybe that’s part of the point? contemplation and also it’s down side? i could be way wrong though.

5. Chris
   June 12th, 2007 at 6:20 am

   Give one to each smoker. Don’t let them out till the air is clear.

6. dusty
   June 12th, 2007 at 10:39 am

   And if you poked a hole in the bubble, then you could call the piece, “Open-Minded”! lol….

7. Mindy
   June 12th, 2007 at 11:38 am

   Doesn’t this remind anyone of the weird attack ball from the British tv series “The Prisoner”?
   “I’m not a number, I’m a free man!!”

   Although it seems to me that a person would just be breathing their own carbon dioxide filled exhalations, get totally light headed and eventually pass out, although then the giant balloon gives an added bonus by the fact that they might not get a concussion while doing so, just land face first at a 90 degree angle to the floor (picture 2).

8. Jacques
   June 12th, 2007 at 11:52 am

   Looks like that stupid robot in the recent horrible film version of HHGTTG. Goddamn, why did they make him so cute, the 70s version for tele was much better.

9. Commandor Zlorg of What You Earthlings Refer To As Pluto
   June 12th, 2007 at 12:19 pm

   It symbolizes man’s inhumanity to large white balls.

   Whose balls in particular remains a mystery, however.

10. Denita TwoDragons
    June 12th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

    “It symbolizes man’s inhumanity to large white balls.

    Whose balls in particular remains a mystery, however. ”

    …Um, giant polar bears? /o_0\

    –TwoDragons

11. Chris Johnston
    June 12th, 2007 at 5:15 pm

    Yep, it’s the Rover from “The Prisoner”.
    Good pull, Mindy!

12. SMARTER CHILD
    June 12th, 2007 at 5:28 pm

    yo, it’s not modern art, it’s contemporary art. oh wait. actually it’s just shit. thanks for wasting my life. ARAGGGHHGHG.

13. Mindy
    June 13th, 2007 at 12:10 pm

    The Rover, I couldn’t think of the name, thanks Chris.

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