Flecken was an audio-visual installation, presented at the invitation of Kulturwerk Schleswig-Holstein as part of the group exhibition ZOLLHaus in an empty customs building in Pinneberg, from November 11 to December 10, 2023.
Growing up near the Swiss border, I associate many positive early memories with crossing borders—Sunday trips for pasta and chocolate, as well as the start of our annual holidays in Italy. A collage of holiday slides is projected within the installation, but to view it, visitors must look directly into the projector lens, much like using a toy TV viewer.
In contrast, the sound component is based on field recordings from a harbor railway transshipment facility in my neighborhood in Hamburg’s Veddel district. These recordings are shaped into a 7-minute composition, played through exciters attached to a network cabinet and a trash can.
