Built following the first prize in the art in architecture competition for the new police headquarter in Greifswald. This piece is titled UNSICHERHEITSFAKTOR meaning "element of uncertainty".
At a time when the question of how to properly exercise the state monopoly on violence is being renegotiated by many people around the globe, we believe that with this installation we can make a relevant contribution to the discussion:
The red beam could fall down at any time. It does not have to, but it could possibly happen. This physically perceptible feeling of slight insecurity lets us experience the task of the police in a functioning constitutional state: namely to ensure public security and order for everyone in the face of real threats.
Client: State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
