the measure
of disorder
2018MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIOVISUAL INSTALLATION (TWO-CHANNEL FULL HD VIDEO PROJECTION, STEREO SOUND DISTRIBUTED ON MULTIPLE SPEAKERS, PROJECTED CREDITS/FILM LOCATIONS), 41 MIN LOOP. DEVELOPED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE FLEMISH COMMUNITY AND ARGOS CENTRE FOR AUDIOVISUAL ARTS.
the measure of disorder follows the trail of scientist ludwig boltzmann (1844–1906) on his last train journey through the alps before his tragic suicide in the village of duino. entropy, chaos, probability and time reversibility, which are some of the concepts boltzmann helped theorise, guide the image and sound edit throughout the work. the emblematic ride layers histories and territories of past and present europe. improvisation and repetition function as triggers for the eruption of private and collective memories, across oceans and timelines. the single music track, contaminated by train sounds and samples of tony bennett’s “this funny world”, is diffused in the space through multiple speakers, enveloping the two facing screens onto which the film is projected, running forward on one side and reverse on the other. the filming locations run like credits, also projected twice and separately, forward and reverse.
"image and sound are equally important and indisputable in this work. they stand on their own, which makes it all the more remarkable that they synchronize so brilliantly at times, perhaps never so cleverly as in what feels like the middle of the film loop—the in-between two directions. here we see the golden escalators of trump tower in new york city, recorded from above, making the direction of their movement indistinct. at first the sound of a train steam engine carries this image, but then tony bennett suddenly begins to sing “this funny world”. it is the exception to boltzmann’s journey, it is the exception to an otherwise wordless soundtrack, but it shows the theory of (dis)order to be no less real". (huib haye van der werf)
> full review on mousse magazine
> exhibition text
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the measure of disorder follows the trail of scientist ludwig boltzmann (1844–1906) on his last train journey through the alps before his tragic suicide in the village of duino. entropy, chaos, probability and time reversibility, which are some of the concepts boltzmann helped theorise, guide the image and sound edit throughout the work. the emblematic ride layers histories and territories of past and present europe. improvisation and repetition function as triggers for the eruption of private and collective memories, across oceans and timelines. the single music track, contaminated by train sounds and samples of tony bennett’s “this funny world”, is diffused in the space through multiple speakers, enveloping the two facing screens onto which the film is projected, running forward on one side and reverse on the other. the filming locations run like credits, also projected twice and separately, forward and reverse.
"image and sound are equally important and indisputable in this work. they stand on their own, which makes it all the more remarkable that they synchronize so brilliantly at times, perhaps never so cleverly as in what feels like the middle of the film loop—the in-between two directions. here we see the golden escalators of trump tower in new york city, recorded from above, making the direction of their movement indistinct. at first the sound of a train steam engine carries this image, but then tony bennett suddenly begins to sing “this funny world”. it is the exception to boltzmann’s journey, it is the exception to an otherwise wordless soundtrack, but it shows the theory of (dis)order to be no less real". (huib haye van der werf)
> full review on mousse magazine
> exhibition text
INSTALLATION VIEWS AT ARGOS (2018); FILM STILLS; LIVE ON ACOUSMONIUM WITH CAROLINE PROFANTER AT ARGOS (2018); INSTALLATION VIEW AT THE 3RD INDUSTRIAL ART BIENNIAL (2020); INSTALLATION VIEW AT KBC-CULTURAL CENTRE BELGRADE (2022).