Device

... for putting things into perspective, according to Peter Land.

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Peter Land - Survival Kit (1999)

SURVIVAL KIT is a combination of objet trouvés in a box. The work exist in an edition of 10 examples. It consists of a wooden box containing a star telescope, a bottle of whiskey and a glass. On the box is printed the texts: FOR COMFORT and 'Device for putting things into perspective.'

If your spouse/lover left you and you feel down: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If you got fired from your job and you feel down: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If someone you loved died and you feel down: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If your firm went bankrupt and you feel down: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If your house is destroyed in an earthquake: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If you get diagnosed with a terminal illness: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective. If you are told that you are a lousy dancer: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If you get turned down by someone you would have liked to have sex with: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If your dog died: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If you've pissed your pants: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If it's raining: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If it's not your day: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If it's not your month: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.
If it's not your year: Drink a bottle of whiskey, take a look at the stars and get things back into perspective.

Tadeusz Kantor - The Sea Concert (1967)

 A conductor stands on a podium in the water with his back to the beach and conducts the expanse of the sea. The "wave symphony" is supplemented by a "motorbike fugue": at a sign from the conductor, five motorbikes tear along the beach half submerged in the water. At a further sign from his right hand a spluttering tractor approaches. The conductor fires off a shot from a signal pistol, whereupon a lifeboat with a screaming siren appears on the horizon. In the finale he throws a big bucket of dead fish in the direction of the public and takes off his tailcoat.