Zugang vielleicht / Immer da II

INSTALLATION AND SOUND AT STUDIO 45 HAMBURG 2024

The showroom is black. There is a glow, like a searchlight. You can't see who is looking for you. Standing by the stage. The light takes you with it. Images come and go, unknown terrain, concealment, war, extinction and heat are reflected in it, but all behind glass. It is not easy to see. You stand at the surf of the images and are afraid. The surf has a sound. Mirrors and glass, distortion and repetition, loops and reflections. The images - projected light - are as fluid as the sound. Everyone stands there, could change the image. Everyone continues. The wall has another side.

The installation thematizes the distopic intoxication of images that are difficult to read and that flow into us in the digital warp. However, the structure of the installation also radiates calm. The calm brings the possibility of understanding and processing these images back to us.
The title ZUGANG VIELLEICHT / IMMER DA is about access to one another. Engagement and confrontation can create understanding and community. It is about the possibility that is there in every moment and has great potential. This is urgently needed to overcome today's crises and transform a world that seems dystopian. It is also about access to art in general and to this installation in particular, which, if you get involved, is perhaps always there. The fact that access is often not available due to a lack of technical means and nationality, among other things, should not be called into question and is a major problem. ZUGANG VIELLEICHT / IMMER DA II is a site-specific installation at Studio 45 Hamburg. Digital print, canvas, oil paint, glass, mirror, black fabric, wood, projectors, spotlights, dimmable light, laser, data. Curator Conny Winter

My thanks to Carolin Emcke, Yuval Harari, Sibylle Berg, Bruno Latour for insightful texts