untitled (Passway)
2001/2005
walkable room installation
Berlin, Förderpreis der EADS
"AirArt2001"
Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund
"the other side - artists and physic"
A room bounded by two parallel panels
forms
a passage. The floor of the room
is magnetic.
Ideally, I will hover over
the floor in magnetic
shoes.
Putting down my feet
becomes
a disturbing
act of uncertainty.
The Installation invites us to carry out a self-experiment:
What will happen when I step onto the magnetic floor of the passageway
with the provided magnetic shoes? Will I float or be stuck to the ground
or will the experiment create a state of instability?
In this work gravity and magnetism are combined with human curiosity
which is the basis for scientific research.
The passageway which blocks the sight to our left and right
can be viewed as symbol for the scientific attempt to focus
only on the essential features of a phenomenon.
Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund