Hoher Besuch / High Ranking Visitor

Through the artistic transformation of every day objects and situations, Michael Sailstorfer creates works that exist in a space between sculpture and installation. Absurdity and humor play equally important roles in his work as the question of what role or position an artwork can occupy. His sculpture High Ranking Visitor depicts a helicopter with mirrored windows. The rotor blades rotate in the morning and evening in connection with the museum’s opening times, as well as when exhibitions are opened.
It is installed in a location that is more appropriate as a base for a sculpture than a helipad; nonetheless, viewers will still jokingly wonder what important person has been flown in for the opening, while being denied an answer. The work stimulates the imagination, while the helicopter is perceived as a sculptural entity.