Fideicommissum (sculpture)

Fideicommissum is a public artwork by the Swedish artist Ann-Sofi Sidén, originally created in 2000 for the Wanås Sculpture Park in Skåne, Sweden.

[1] The title Fideicommissum refers to the former legal institution of the entail, under which estates and other family properties were passed down from one generation to the next, often benefitting the eldest son.

Sidén's sculpture is located on the shore of a pond, with a view of the castle, which was entailed until 1978.

The title Fideicommissum and the placement of the sculpture emphasize that the work refers to a staking out of territory.

That project resulted in a video work called Head Lake Piss Down (2000).