The starting point of the work was the bride of the writer Novalis, Sophie von Kühn. The young child bride and the drama of her early death had a decisive influence on Novalis’ life and work. The unequal connection that Novalis entered into with her seemed to him like a reunion, a complete transformation of both their souls. Already suffering from the consequences of a long liver disease, Sophia eventually died of the great epidemic of the time, tuberculosis. Just like Novalis himself a few years later.
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Jenny Rempel:
“Sophia sey mein Schutzgeist.”, 2022, medical protective mask fabric, tailor’s dummy