—FANFARE,
2009
audio-sculpture, produced for the monastery of the Historical
Museum Regensburg
6 golden reflex horn speakers, stainless steel, acrylic glass,
mp3-player, amplifier, motion detector, recordings of speeches
by American presidents,
Height: 2,5 m, diameter: ca. 60 cm, duration: 13 min
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Six
reflex horn speaker are building together with the motion
detector a circular, ornamental sculpture. The audio file
that can be heard is cut together from speeches by American
presidents from Roosevelt to Obama, quoting only those parts
where god and religion is mentioned and instrumentalized for
political purposes. The script becomes a sermon, reaching
from the presidential action as a god-given duty to „one
nation under god“, to praying and blessing. The sermon
is interrupted by Hugo Chavez’ comment, who envisions
the devil of imperialism behind the religious mask. The audio
sculpture was presented in the cloister of a monastery.
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