Sound of the Lines - Klang der Linien

Commission for Drawing Performatif (2022), Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Performance & Sound, Original Duration 14:01’’

Looking at western drawings a line traditionally adds material on top of the other, separates through color, and aims to be preserved. 

The Performance ‘Sound of the Lines - Klang der Linien’ is a counterpoint to the western understanding of a line in academic drawing. Here drawing is understood as an incision: a line as a cut into the material, a line that transforms immaterialistically into waves in space - through sound. Something, which does not depict the outside world, but channels language and symbolism from the universe. Including moments of seeing and not being able to see fully, as well as the constant awareness of the impermanence of the used materials.

Thus, the video documents the creation of a drawing in the presence and absence of material, movement, sound, and light. With a bent aluminum stick the performer carves into the sand, gypsum mixture realizing a sound on the edge of comfort and discomfort. The work embodies a reverse དཀྱིལ་འཁོར། (Sand-Mandala) and applies to elements of 枯山水 (kare-san-sui), embracing transience as a part of creation. It is inspired by the work Pollen from Hazelnut, Wolfgang Laib, and by CURA, Jenna Sutela. 

WARNING: Please put the speakers a bit silent. The sound may occur uncomfortable

Construction and Deconstruction as continuous Dance

Installationview after Lecture und Performance, 2021, 7 m x 7 m, In-Situ3, BE

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