As my contribution to a group exhibition hosted by Chicken Space in a hotel room in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighbourhood, I created a site-specific installation to initiate curious viewers into watching my video titled In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni.
Provisionally constructed from recycled corrugated cardboard, a wall blocks the entrance to the hotel room’s closet. A rectangular paper window frames a rear projection of a video depicting a cyclist riding endlessly in a loop in the center of an intersection while towing a kite in one hand. The camera’s perspective captures the action from the centre of the loop, tracking with the bicycle and kite.
Above this window, at eye level, a peephole reveals a diorama containing the projector beaming the above-described video, as well as various artefacts including a teddy bear, childlike drawings of a dream house, a remote control, and a lamp. Accompanying this installation, I hung four collages around the hotel room.
Screenplay, 2021
installation, dollhouse drawing on cardboard, teddy bear, remote control, peephole, projector
Screenplay (In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni), 2020
video loop, 2.35 min
Video: https://vimeo.com/509968409
pw: seven
Screenplay (Nr. 1 Zelluläre Dimension und rollende Perspektive), 2021
collage
Screenplay (Nr. 2 Ich-Perspektive), 2021
collage
Screenplay (Nr. 3 Bumblebee come dance with me), 2021
collage
Screenplay (Nr. 4 Vogelperspektive im Keller), 2021
collage
Zzzz...
Chicken Space, Berlin
21.05.–22.05.2021
Curated by Marlijn Karsten & Anina Müller