Intervention in front of the Gürzenich in Cologene, 1998
It's a videoinstallation realized for exhibition-project "Brückengang"
1998. On the one hand, my container should be naturally fit in
the city, in the sense that it should not look different than
other containers of construction. On the other hand, it should
cause a kind of irritation.
The idea is that the passerby should have the impression that
the man appearing in the container spends all his time there and
behaves totally private. The more one observes this person, the
more he appears to be a neurotic. He is alone, without communication
with the outside world. Occasionally, he is plunking away on his
piano, obviously without controlling the instrument, reading a
magazine, eating directly from a can or, seemingly unmotivated,
clearing off different things from one corner to another.
Technical data: Container, 2 synchronized videoplayers, 2 beamers,
sound system.
(image gallery)