with Luis Kürschner
performance, sound installation, house lamps
Kunstverein Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
November 15, 2024
For our performance at Villa Salve Hospes, we turned off the lights and illuminated the space with household lamps borrowed from the institution’s staff. The villa, once a private residence of the wealthy, now a public institution, became the site where we responded to its architecture with our bodies.
Together, we developed an intimate and tender connection with the soft wooden floor, which transformed into a protective retreat — a bed that offered security, comfort, and care. Yet this state of intimacy and shelter felt constantly under threat: loudspeaker announcements reciting definitions of surveillance devices — such as alarms, peepholes, and motion detectors — reminded us of the persistent danger of intrusion. This safe space, no matter how gently held, seemed always at risk of being penetrated, monitored, or breached.