lepidopterists
installation at Homie, Berlin and Projekt0047, Berlin
silk organza, catalogs from world cup, letters, radio transmitter
2006

Wagner, Brumit and Montgomery decided that they wanted to create an installation based on the word "lepidopterists" or the butterfly collector.

This exhibition occured during the world cup in Germany in 2006 where a huge amount of printed material was to be found on the roads and garbage celebrating this massive sporting event. Brumit constructed butterflies out of these pictures. Montgomery composed letters to people he encountered in his travels and collected them on the wall and Wagner, incorrectly hearing "lepidopterists" to be "le podietrist" or the french foot doctor, made silk renditions of the feet of everyone who entered the space untill the exhibition opened. A small radio station that broadcasted locally also was a part of the installation, where the trio interviewed locals.