Deutsche - Global Balance

The name of the exhibition KANSA is Finnish and means “the people”.
The sculpture series Kansa consists of Sirpa Masalins human forms which are a reflection of
us all: women, men, children. She designed them with wood, steel and rusty wire. The
colours differ, to represent the variety of people in different continents.
They are about to begin their journey out into the world to bring people together. No matter
what their language is, origin, political beliefs, religion or colour. The artist couple wants to
spread the Kansa people throughout the world in order to unite us all. They want to use art to
draw attention to the most important aspects of our future: peace, freedom, awareness for
the environment, pure food, respect for human rights, freedom of speech and selfdetermination.
The sculptures are numbered and have their own name. They also
carry an invisible RFID chip with a unique number in their bodies. This
RFID number which is referenced at the individual Kansa's web page
can be used to verify the individual sculpture as the original one.
Individual traits of the people are listed there and their locations
displayed in Google Maps. This will result in a living work of New
Media Art by Hans-Ulrich Goller-Masalin, with the individual sculptures
acting as symbols of peoples living in harmony with one another, their
traces recorded on the Internet.
Artist couple Goller-Masalin
www.goller-masalin.com
„The earth unites humanity, not the borders of our countries.“
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