In the beginning of 2020 the Austrian artist Barbara Anna Husar crossed the alps in her FLYING UDDER, a 3’500 m3 hot air ballon in the shape of a cow´s breast.
The social sculpture FLYING UDDER is depicting conscious human interactions with environment. The udder, synonymous with the feminine and the first source of nourishment for mammals, is removed from its context and used as a metaphor for sustainability. It stands for the development of a new balance between humankind and nature, moving beyond the seemingly unstoppable push for growth.
By her flight across the Alps from Hittisau (A) to Pavia (IT) Barbara Husar has set the udder as a sign in the sky to rethink human relationship with nature – by the way creating new, female imagery for the topos of pioneer’s Alpine crossings.
“Rethinking on a grand scale is the order of the day”, Husar says, who works as a visual artist, performer, director and author. Her role in the ongoing change of values and perspectives she describes as being “part, intermediate part and particle accelerator”.
