On December the third, the wind changed overnight, and it was winter. Until then the autumn had been mellow, soft. The leaves had lingered on the trees, golden-red, and the hedgerows were still green. The earth was rich where the plow had turned it.

— Daphne du Maurier, The Birds, 1952

Die Vögel is a continuation of an exhibition I did last year. It was organised around the metaphor of a video game lobby: the space where you choose your character and settings before the game starts.

In Die Vögel, the character finds himself in the game. With him came the diamond, a companion and messenger, a centre of trust.