objects in concrete, pumps, colored water, plants
The installation adresses the resonance qualities of objects and organisms, as well as their capacity for initiation and response, which operate on both micro and systemic levels.
Betonobjekte, Pumpen, gefärbtes Wasser, Pflanzen
Die Installation thematisiert die Resonanzqualitäten von Objekten und Lebewesen sowie deren Fähigkeit zur Initiierung und Reaktion, die auf mikro- und systemischer Ebene wirksam sind.
I conduct teach-ins for the public. A teach-in is a once popular form of an intensive teaching, discussion and information event, which has fallen into oblivion during recent years. It developed in the context of the political movements of the 1960s and served as an instrument to point out grievances, and to develop possibilities of…
The Optimize machine is outfitted with an “activity tracker”, an electronic device that generates data from the machine’s motions, displaying calorie consumption. The tracker data is used for a soundscape.
Concrete sculptures recite text fragemnts based on Orwell’s Animal Farm and Lenin’s book One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (The Crisis in Our Party). The underlying motto is Lenin’s quote “But every little difference may become a big one if it is insisted on”.
A machine which continuously takes a digital image of the surrounding space and reads it out loud, byte by byte with the help of an ASCII table and speech synthesis.
Airplane lift off and landing sung by The Choir of World Cultures. Like it or not, the drone of planes taking off and landing at Tegel is undoubtedly a significant part of the airport’s presence. These noises will vanish with the closing of the airport. We have recorded some samples of this drone at the…
One year long every day a new video with animatronics and postings tagged with #me. identity construction through social media #me mimicks the conditions of social media. This work does not answer the multiplicity of identities, but takes up everything in its infinite soliloquy. Animatronics recite content from social network platforms, hinting at the role…