"Tiefes Kehlchen" (Deep Throat) was displayed in a construction tunnel of the Neubaugasse station on the U3 underground line. Together with the architecture office Pauhof, Martin Kippenberger designed a giant installation consisting of numerous separate objects based on the porno classic Deep Throat (USA, 1972).
Kippenberger created an "art ghost train" using carousel seats, a garbage container full of discarded oil paintings and slide projections of Deep Throat stills. The press, cultural institutions and the public dismissed the installation; today, Deep Throat is considered Kippenberger's key work.
Location
construction tunnel of the metro station U3, corner Mariahilfer Straße / Schadekgasse, 1060 Vienna
Gallery
Further Information
Artist
Martin Kippenberger
*1953 in Dortmund (GER), † 1997 in Vienna
About the project
"Tiefes Kehlchen" was part of the project series "Topography. Relevant Information" within the framework of the Wiener Festwochen. The series was originally planned for five years. Two stages have been realized:
Topography I/Banquet Room: Deep Throat, Martin Kippenberger
Topography I/Banquett Room: Smashed to pieces (in the still of the night), Lawrence Weiner
In parallel to the two Topography I projects, Gerwald Rockenschaub created media spaces on TV, on the big screen and for various advertising spaces.
Topography II/Underground: video installations in the Vienna metro stations by Gudrun Bielz, Peter Fend, Dominique Gonzales-Foerster, Gary Hill, Bernard Joisten, Pierre Joseph, Tins Keane, Philippe Parreno, Julia Scher, Ruth Schnell