Newton's Äpfel I — Adler Hund Stier Fuchs Fisch

The nucleus of this installation is formed by approx. 6'000 envelopes that I have collected from 2003 to date, as well as objects and items that I have used in performances over the last few years. Among them are tree trunks sewn into terry cloth, objects and quotidian objects, natural materials such as branches and about 5 kg of apples, a birdhouse, stones, my bicycle, A4 paper to write on, as well as rubber and fishing boots, hiking boots and loafers, wooden beams from the construction site of the Prime Tower.

In K3, I choose the room for the installation, which has a high, accessible platform built into it. On the day of the exhibition opening, I lay out the material on the floor and hang up some objects, including my bicycle, which I always use to ride to K3. During the opening hours of the two-week exhibition, I change the installation by dismantling and reassembling it until the very end. The installation is always unstable, the 'accidents' - i.e. objects of the installation falling down during the rearrangement - are just as essential to its changes as when I deliberately move objects. For the objects hang in the air, on a partially interconnected string system of reep cords, hemp and parcel cords. Stacks of envelopes, even shoes, they balance on wooden beams that thus become stilts.

The visitors stand in front of this platform; the view of the installation from below exposes each individual object. A small staircase leads into the middle of the installation, here one can directly feel the lability and instability of the objects: if a hanging object or a piled-up structure is touched, it can trigger a chain reaction and cause other objects to fall.

The performance at the finissage is the final dismantling of the installation.

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