prelude 9
window colour on window
conceived for the group exhibition Sommer des Zögerns / Summer of Suspense, at Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich (CH) (link)
2020
"PRELUDE 9: I OPEN THE DOOR. NO, NO DOOR. THERE ARE TWO
CURTAINS ARRANGED ON A SPACIOUS STAGE, SEEMING TO
BE JUST ONE, WHEN NOT BEING THAT CLOSE UP. I OPEN
ONE OF THE CURTAINS AND MY FACE FINDS ITSELF HIT BY A
DISTANT STAGE LIGHT. IMMEDIATELY I GO BACK AND PUT MY
BODY BEHIND THE OTHER CURTAIN. THIS CURTAIN WILL REMAIN.
I LIFT ONE FOOT INTO THE LIGHT BEAM. THERE’S AN
IMBALANCE OF HEAT DISTRIBUTION IN MY ORGANISM.
I DON’T SEE MUCH IN THIS HIGH-CONTRAST SETTING. NOR IS
THERE AN AUDIBLE REACTION TO MY FOOT SINGING A LOVE
SONG AFTER APPEARING FROZEN FOR QUITE A MOMENT.
WHEN TURNING MY HEAD AROUND, I SEE A VOID WHERE I
HAD EXPECTED A BACKGROUND. SOME BODY OPENS AND
CLOSES THE DOOR."