Hörbar
Hörbar, 2024
Sound installation and performance
Sound installation and performance
Some words are spoken almost inaudible as if the mouth doesn't move. Even if the words are not spoken directly before somebody, they still reach them. It's easier to plug the ears, but the sounds they already heard remain in their body. The speaker can simply escape from the blame, with a defence that he or she had no malicious intent or didn't know it was wrong.
Discrimination is not just about punching someone in the face, paying less, saying Ching chang chong, making slanted eyes and mocking them. Some aggressions slither calmly, disguised with a smile.
The artist, who worked as a bartender, met a wide variety of people in the bar. The artist had many conversations and heard many talks. Concurrently, she was extremely otherized and easily measured. The artist has collected the words strewed.
"Hörbar" invites the audience to the bar, surrounded by the stories that the artist has experienced as an object standing at the bar. Friendly, non-aggressive and discriminatory words in various languages are audible but unlistenable. During the performance, which takes place once a day, audiences can order drinks designed by the artist and chat freely. In the scene of work, the audience personates a speaker or listener.
https://48-stunden-neukoelln.de/en/programm/horbar
Discrimination is not just about punching someone in the face, paying less, saying Ching chang chong, making slanted eyes and mocking them. Some aggressions slither calmly, disguised with a smile.
The artist, who worked as a bartender, met a wide variety of people in the bar. The artist had many conversations and heard many talks. Concurrently, she was extremely otherized and easily measured. The artist has collected the words strewed.
"Hörbar" invites the audience to the bar, surrounded by the stories that the artist has experienced as an object standing at the bar. Friendly, non-aggressive and discriminatory words in various languages are audible but unlistenable. During the performance, which takes place once a day, audiences can order drinks designed by the artist and chat freely. In the scene of work, the audience personates a speaker or listener.
https://48-stunden-neukoelln.de/en/programm/horbar