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I have had the possibility to exhibit together with Phillip Pink at Senatssaal, a quite large but also difficult space which is located at The Academy of fine Arts in Dresden. Its dimensions amount to 10 to 11 cubic metres floorspace and a height of aproximately 16 metres. On one side, the hall has a huge window with a view of Brühlsche Terrasse and the River Elbe, two famous sights of the city. It can be closed with a blind. In the corners of the wall opposite the window are two doors. The floors are parquet and the high ceiling has a rooflight framed by stucco ornaments.
»Go Practice« has been an arena, a stage and circus, completely using the space of the hall, including its physical characteristics. Our Installation consisted of a grey painted barrier, 1.80 metres high, framing the space and blocking views from the outside room with its height. To enter the hall you had to squeeze through a narrow gate, and the internal room opened only after passing it. The floor within the barrier was completely filled with a 10 cm thick layer of wood chips. To intensify the feeling of an arena and to put focus on the central area a strong stadium light was centrally mounted at a height of 9 metres to fill the room underneath with bright light. The window of the hall was covered and because it was not possible to block the rooflight, we set the exhibition´s daily opening time to 5 o'clock in the
afternoon since it was in December and the sun had already set at that time. Thus the only source of light was the stadium light. In the entrance area outside the hall we provided 3 water dispensers, which visitors could freely use. Title: Go Practice. (2004)
Collaboration with Philipp Pink.
Media: chip-board, wood-chips, stadium light, water dispensers. Measures: 10 x 11 x 16 m