Pioneer, 2022

80 cm x 80 cm x 50 cm

The installation is inspired by the children's world, bearing the traces of socialism in post-World War II East Germany. The wooden scooters in the installation are the production of the toy company “VERO Olbernhau”, which became a brand with the collectivization of many small family companies in East Germany in the 1960s as part of the socialist system. Until 1990, the "VERO" toys, that could be found in every German child's room, were representative of the wooden art in East Germany, which was born from the poverty of the former miners. Handcrafted wooden toy panzers hidden between scooters is a salute to panzers of the young pioneer camps in East Germany in the 70s scaled from Soviet military vehicle models.