Egg burying

Egg Excavation. Action by Tom Albrecht on Düsseldorf’s Rhine meadow

1971, film, Tom Albrecht, idea and execution

Egg excavation. Action by Tom Albrecht on Düsseldorf's Rhine meadow
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Egg excavation. Action by Tom Albrecht on Düsseldorf's Rhine meadow
Egg excavation Tom Albrecht
 

Super 8 / DVD, 3 minutes, color
Action on Düsseldorf Rhine meadow

The actor Tom Albrecht approaches the Rhine meadow in Düsseldorf with a spade, digs a hole, lays the egg in it. The second actor pours water on the egg with a silver pot. The hole is filled again and covered with the sod. Credits.
Action 1971

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