Die Pflanze homo absconditus [The Plant homo absconditus]

In many cases, the performance artist vouches for the ephemeral artistic act with his physicality, which always brings with it the problem that we as third parties are ‘only’ confronted with memory objects of a past action, whether photographs or relics from the performances. In order to underline this absence and, at the same time, perhaps, also as a solution, Gabriel insists that a plant be present in each of his exhibitions. As they indicate both his presence and absence, he calls them, alluding to the eternally hidden god deus absconditus, homo absconditus.