Sehnsucht

sehnsucht (German)

(n.) “the inconsolable longing in the human heart for we know not what”; a yearning for a far, familiar, non-earthly land one can identify as one’s home

pronunciation | zEn-‘zUkt

Sehnsucht, fibre glass, metal, dimensions variable (installation view, Wesenberg Sculpture Park, Germany).

Photograph: Jacqui Henshaw