WILHELM TELL’S SHOT
shot through with a machine gun
the precious bar transformed
and investment broken up
like the apple on his son’s head
a delicate equilibrium
Rings, Wilhelm Tell's Shot | pure gold and silver bars / coins | shot through with a machine gun, 2011–2013
The collapse of Lehman Brothers Investment Bank in 2008 triggered a worldwide financial crisis and pushed gold prices to an all-time high.
I used a machine gun to shoot through bank-issued bars of precious metal, which symbolise our present-day value system.
I thus stripped them of their value, named them ‘Wilhelm Tell’s Shot’ and transformed them into finger rings, now suffused with body and soul.
Wilhelm Tell's Shot | Video, 2012
