LIMITLESS
(CELLULAR GROUNDS)
Installation
Group exhibition in Stuttgart, 2018
On the occasion of the Long Night of Museums 2018
we participated in a group exhibition. The place of the
exhibition was an old abandoned bunker with a long corridor
and many small cells.Our cell was located in the middle
of the corridor and was a vivid experience for the visitors.
Through a curtain of white paper strips one entered the
tiny room (approx. 1m x 2m area and 2,30m height).
The white paper curtain turns out to be parts of a wallpaper
which is attached to all four walls. On it you can see a
forest at dawn. The floor is covered with lots of polystyrene
packaging chips. In the middle of it there is a big black
wind machine. It is connected to the electricity but not
switched on. A female voice can be heard from an invisible
loudspeaker. It is Lady Gaga, who is asked by a reporter
about Marina Abramovic. In an overly enthusiastic tone of
voice, the singer raves incessantly about the artist. "Oh my
God she is limitless!"In a trashy but also sad way, our cell
represents a life-size snow globe. It originates from the
fictional question "What do people do who have to spend
their lives in such a cell?" Our answer: we would need a place
of longing. If you turn on the fan, you can escape the reality
of the bunker for a moment.So we were all the more pleased
that the visitors of the Long Night of Museums actually
reacted and pressed the "on-button". The packaging chips
flew around, people discussed in which position the wind
machine worked best and our snow globe became an
instagram sensation for one evening.
(CELLULAR GROUNDS)
Installation
Group exhibition in Stuttgart, 2018
On the occasion of the Long Night of Museums 2018
we participated in a group exhibition. The place of the
exhibition was an old abandoned bunker with a long corridor
and many small cells.Our cell was located in the middle
of the corridor and was a vivid experience for the visitors.
Through a curtain of white paper strips one entered the
tiny room (approx. 1m x 2m area and 2,30m height).
The white paper curtain turns out to be parts of a wallpaper
which is attached to all four walls. On it you can see a
forest at dawn. The floor is covered with lots of polystyrene
packaging chips. In the middle of it there is a big black
wind machine. It is connected to the electricity but not
switched on. A female voice can be heard from an invisible
loudspeaker. It is Lady Gaga, who is asked by a reporter
about Marina Abramovic. In an overly enthusiastic tone of
voice, the singer raves incessantly about the artist. "Oh my
God she is limitless!"In a trashy but also sad way, our cell
represents a life-size snow globe. It originates from the
fictional question "What do people do who have to spend
their lives in such a cell?" Our answer: we would need a place
of longing. If you turn on the fan, you can escape the reality
of the bunker for a moment.So we were all the more pleased
that the visitors of the Long Night of Museums actually
reacted and pressed the "on-button". The packaging chips
flew around, people discussed in which position the wind
machine worked best and our snow globe became an
instagram sensation for one evening.
© DÜNNE JUNGS