Whispers Upside Down (2024)
Sculpture (Egg, C-Stand), Video (Poem) loop, Soundscape loop
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An egg is balanced on a heavy-duty tripod, creating a fragile atmosphere around it, while the poem loops in the video in an esoteric and mystical manner. Inspired by the chapter <Nests> from the book <The Poetics of Space> by Gaston Bachelard, this work suggests an introspection into our inner world: is the ambivalent function of comfort serving us? How is it like to expose our vulnerability? What unresolved grief and fantasy do we carry?
This work was developed for the group exhibition <Breeding Habits>, which took place from Jan. 18.- Feb. 11. 2024 at Space Plast, in Leipzig, Germany. Invited artists received physical bird nests collected by the curator/artist Inka Hilsenbek. The nests were served as objects for associations and the projection surface. In the further process, however, the artists decided freely how and whether the nest is physically integrated into the work.
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Exhibition View of <Breeding Habits> @ Plast, Leipzig, Germany
Photo. Inka Hilsenbek 2024
Sculpture (Egg, C-Stand), Video (Poem) loop, Soundscape loop
An egg is balanced on a heavy-duty tripod, creating a fragile atmosphere around it, while the poem loops in the video in an esoteric and mystical manner. Inspired by the chapter <Nests> from the book <The Poetics of Space> by Gaston Bachelard, this work suggests an introspection into our inner world: is the ambivalent function of comfort serving us? How is it like to expose our vulnerability? What unresolved grief and fantasy do we carry?
This work was developed for the group exhibition <Breeding Habits>, which took place from Jan. 18.- Feb. 11. 2024 at Space Plast, in Leipzig, Germany. Invited artists received physical bird nests collected by the curator/artist Inka Hilsenbek. The nests were served as objects for associations and the projection surface. In the further process, however, the artists decided freely how and whether the nest is physically integrated into the work.
Whispers Upside Down
breed a bed to bleed on
breed a breath to believe in
fallen saturn and mars crushed into powder
stir it well drink it upside down
through my weeping meat meet your darkest warmth
calcinate you inside out until the dawn has missed you out
your voice, the witch, your echos, the demons
barricade inside out
whisper in the name of mundane dreams
How reasonable you are!
Praise your murmuring desires
breed a bed to bleed on
breed a breath to believe in
fallen saturn and mars crushed into powder
stir it well drink it upside down
through my weeping meat meet your darkest warmth
calcinate you inside out until the dawn has missed you out
your voice, the witch, your echos, the demons
barricade inside out
whisper in the name of mundane dreams
How reasonable you are!
Praise your murmuring desires
Exhibition View of <Breeding Habits> @ Plast, Leipzig, Germany
Photo. Inka Hilsenbek 2024