In German, the term Ölpest signifies the contamination of the environment with crude oil and
is metaphorically linked to the concept of a pandemic.

The installation of the same name consists of a transparent hose system with associatively connected
hose-structural elements through which crude oil circulates through pumps. An electronic control system
activates the oil pumps at random – this results in differently directed streams of crude oil with their own
visual structures. Another installation element is a transparent plastic foil suspended from the ceiling,
inscribed with translations of the term Ölpest in various languages by means of crude oil.

The installation makes the widespread abstract reception of the substance of crude oil sensually
perceptible and speaks of the cultural descriptions of the uncontrolled leakage of crude oil in
different metaphors and meanings.