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| MY International Standards HOME, 2010 |
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Sound installation, 130 Moving boxes, a 30-minute audio CD, a CD player
Damstuhltrager project space
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The show room is filled of 130 moving boxes, which have some marks on, from former users. The audience is invited to walk through the boxes while listing to all personal/ general objects which might be packed in those boxes. The sound was recorded using a text-to-speech computer software. It has read the list of the objects. The red spray painted text ‘MY International Standards HOME’ gives an effect that makes the viewers to question the use of the words 'Home', 'international' and 'standards' which are ironical and contradictory in combination, and reapproach the definitions of them.
Parts of the sound:
[...] A secondhand diamond-shaped wall mirror. A yellow foot mat. A German Korean, Korean German mini dictionary. A transparent plastic storage box with a lid. Bausch Lomb daily soft lenses. An organic Egyptian Loofah. A wooden bath brush… A pair of blue socks with red and white stripes. A pair of long grey suede gloves. A pair of black ankle socks with thin and thick beige stripes . A pair of disposable black socks from Airfrance. A pair of black Elle socks. A pair of gray socks with rainbow stripes. A pair of chestnut brown and beige ankle socks. A pair of black wool socks. A pair of beige wool socks. A pair of blue furry socks[...]
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