MEIN ANGST: The Aquarium
In this work, the aquarium functions as a controlled environment for examining the psychological dimensions of fear. Its clouded surfaces and residual red-tinted liquid introduce a sense of contamination and prior activity, evoking the presence of an event that remains undefined. Rather than offering a literal subject, the piece frames fear as indeterminate and ambient, existing between the physical and the conceptual.
In dialogue with the heart from the same series, the aquarium represents the psychological counterpart to the biological response. Together, they construct a dual model of fear — one rooted in somatic reaction, the other in cognitive uncertainty.
