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Can you see me
https://www.ursulascherrer.com
Can you see me
(2021)
https://www.ursulascherrer.com
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vwg:declare
2021
Video 16:9
Action
Communication
Power-Impotence
Repetitive
Language
Public space
We try to be seen by making ourselves heard.
We try to make ourselves heard by being seen.
What at first appears to be a game becomes a desperate attempt to be heard, to be seen.
Project sketch
Situation:
A microphone stand with a microphone that is placed too high and an amplifier with a loudspeaker stand in front of the state parliament in the Schlosspark in Stuttgart.
I keep trying to reach the microphone by jumping and standing on my toes to ask 'can you see me? The microphone catches snatches of words:
can
can you
you
you see
see
see me
me
can you see
you see me
can you see me
We try to make ourselves heard by being seen.
What at first appears to be a game becomes a desperate attempt to be heard, to be seen.
Project sketch
Situation:
A microphone stand with a microphone that is placed too high and an amplifier with a loudspeaker stand in front of the state parliament in the Schlosspark in Stuttgart.
I keep trying to reach the microphone by jumping and standing on my toes to ask 'can you see me? The microphone catches snatches of words:
can
can you
you
you see
see
see me
me
can you see
you see me
can you see me
automatically translated from german
Permanente Performance - 40 Jahre Konzil
place: Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
KuratorIn: Corcilius, Ania; Schiefer, Anna
Dokumentationstyp: Dokumentation einer Performance/Aktion / Documentation of a performance/action
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Video 16:9
Dauer: 30 min.