Engravings of Violence
2022 – 08:55 min, full HD video for a monitor or a projection onto a pane of glass
Glass can be seen as a symbol for the fragility of democracy and security. Glass panes are the first to break during aggression, protests, riots and wars. In the video, safety glass is attacked. The violence inscribes itself and leaves traces that are remotely reminiscent of the trajectories and collisions of elementary particles..
Showing the video on a monitor creates the impression as if the real monitor screen is being attacked.
The work was created in 2022 for the solo exhibition "Protection" at the Berlin gallery Art Claims Impuls, whose content dealt with the tense relationship between threat and protection..
DOP: Thomas Kutschker; post production: Till Beckmann; sound mixing: Christian Obermaier