Sorry, but we have to render this more precisely: the hare was back; between 16.05.2012 and 30.06.2012 he spend nice days at the Galerie Lisi Hämmerle. Of course, he was accompanied by the hedgehog whose belly played an important role in the hare's concept:

The title of the work was:

The Belly of the Hedgehog – the Hare as Therapist.

The hare‘s design for a medico-therapeutical device for sensory regulation of the perception of a hedgehog in a prolonged coma. Prototypical signal roller for the tactile belly stimulation.

The hare, as you know, is constantly preoccupied with the question how to re-establish the hedgehog's quality of life.*  His methods are rather non-conventional to put it mildly. Not seldom his efforts turn out to be futile... However, he does not lose heart and continues in good faith.

To this end the hare is convinced that it would be appropriate to construct a medico-therapeutic device for a 7 day's tactile sensory stimulation program. The hare's reasoning is as follows: "Lets take the signals of my electrodermal activity (the signal of skin resistance that I recorded during my visits at the nursing home where the hedgehog is staying) and apply a tactile feedback with the materialized profile. Rolling the profile of my signals on the hedgehog's tender and sensitive belly  will trigger rememberance of various kinds that surely will refresh the cognitive balance of the spiny mamal." No sooner said than done, the hare walks to the nearest shop and buys a 3D printer and starts to print some roller heads.

* footnote

the hedgehog is a victim of a traumatic brain injury that happened during the race duel between him and the hare; it it not clear whether the hedgehog has any perception of her environment or of himself. He is sitting 24 hours in a wheelchair and stares into space. This fact makes the hare feel sad. So the hare cares for the hedgehog with the aim to find out whether the hedgehog is conscious and whether it is possible to make him emerge from this comatous state...

Based loosely on: The hare and the hedgehog, J. u W. Grimm. With the help of Grandville and M. Serres.

This project was realized in collaboration with Ash Holwell, at that time, Object Concern Facilitator at the Natural History Museum, Vienna.