—Vakuumblumen, 1998 (Vacuum flowers) 8-channel-sound-installation speakers, cables, balloons, 4 audio cds "Nichts von mir berührt mehr einander", Galerie Thor Zimmermann, Cologne Sound together with Volker Rommel < back A small room is filled by 96 transparent balloons with small speakers inside. Touching each other they are hanging in bundles of six at a height of 1,70 m from the ceiling. The surface of the balloons becomes the membrane of the speakers and vibrates softly close to the visitors head and ears. The sound is an eight-channel-installation based on buzzing bees in front of the hive, mixed with elements like singing birds, driving cars, electronic sounds and rhythmic loops. During the exhibition the balloons shrink and become flabby like withered flowers.