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Karl von Orb - Artist in Berlin, Germany

Conclave

2020

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Title

Conclave

Year

2020

Material

33 crosiers

Photo Credit

Ben C. Sersen

Description

A pile of episcopal staffs lies scattered on the floor. Symbols of authority are stripped of individual function.

The arrangement suggests a system in which every movement risks disturbance, and restraint becomes a condition of influence.

Hierarchy dissolves into accumulation. What once signified guidance and continuity is reduced to a fragile configuration, held together by caution rather than conviction.

Decision appears not as divine certainty, but as a process governed by proximity, hesitation, and chance.