| Ja! Open air sound installation in Steinhöfel / Brandenburg, Kunstverein Landkunstleben, 2004 |
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This installation merged into the Brandenburg landscape. Meadows, trees, a pond surrounded by reeds, bushes and some garden chairs invited the visitors to explore various sounds, to irritate or complemet the visual perception with an acoustical one. Nature sounds that theoretically could be found there, but somewhat exaggerated, sometimes accompanied by stories (like giant frogs next to the pond interrupted by the Frog King fairy tail) or the beautiful singing of the nightingale, a species not at home there anymore. Sitting down at the table in the center of the installation, you would be at a picknick, if only acoustically. At a different spot a naked loudspeaker lies in the grass, slowly transformed into some kind of strange plant, vibrating sounds, in the course of the installation sinking into the ground. On the special trail cut through the high grass one does not hear all the sounds at all times. The pace has to slow down, time becoming an essential element. And to give a positive signal in times that seem to be rather rough, the whole meadow merrily shouts out Ja! (Yes!) |
 Accompanying the exhibition a box with four mini-Cds is available. Black cardboard, linnen, 21 x 21 cm, edition of 100 - more |
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