Flock of sheep in the museum foyer. From 8th October they will welcome the visitors to the museum. The animals may even serve as models for the tele creatures which the visitors can make on the Night of Culture and during the Autumn holiday.
Photo: Jan Friis  

It may be a little difficult to find the logical reason why it is sheep that Post & Tele Museum has chosen to acquire when it comes to domestic animals. On the other hand: What other animal would have been more logical with the lifelike, curly fur of telephone wires and the expressive faces of telephones?

As they are standing on their shining receiver feet, pasturing, resting, scouting about their new domicile, any doubt seems to evaporate already at first sight. The meticulously crafted trunks of wires are so convincing and surprisingly full of life that you would hardly be astonish in case they moved. And as every other flock it also has its black sheep. Proudly it holds its head high with a straight neck and a keen eye for the world. 

The French Shepherd

Behind the sheep is the French artist Luc Cornec. Having finished his studies at Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Nantes he went to Germany where he has been living and working in Frankfurt am Main ever since. In his work he puts different elements into new contexts and creates new meanings. Communication and understandig are, consequently, important themes to the French artist, who has an eye for the many things that are left over when we find something new - in this case things we are scrapping concurrently with the speedy development of new communication tools. Cornec picks up, dusts, and blows new life into forgotten things and Post & Tele Museum proudly welcomes him and his motly flock of sheeps. The artist has agreed to "install" the flock so that it is ready for presentation on the Culture Night, Friday the 8th of October 2004.