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Jump with an Equanimous Posture into the River
20-channel sound installation by STRWÜÜ
In collaboration with Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore
Artists
The idea of serenity and chaos are often viewed as opposing forces, yet the first ideas of formation of spaces one inhabits was the birth of order from an exploding chaos. With this came an evolutionary effort, from the first tool towards today’s multitude of ideas, a sea that can sometimes cloud ones definition of necessity. If we make the scope smaller and enter the realm of everyday life, we can see the persistence of order: we notice structures set in motion by necessity: the buses driving without a strict schedule and people arriving on time, schools designed to foster inhered needs that still teach, street vendors finding space on busy streets yet rushed people have their bellies filled. One cannot find solace in either of the two perspectives: neither in the researched or nor in the felt. Both somewhat flimsy constructions that can never be brought into a balance; a rhythm. We notice that the birth of chaos and time results in order and functionality. Randomness works itself out. Through repetition, chance, randomness: People eat, schools teach and buses transport. The dynamic systems find a pendulum swing and metronomically tick. It is upon us to dismiss or accept the chaos and order through which synchronization is a given, and more importantly, the calmness with which structures slowly swing into a rhythm.
Text by Lucija Matić
About Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan
Artists
STRWÜÜ
The artist duo STRWÜÜ was founded in 2014.They kidnapped a plant, ate for a stop motion animation and performed together with a giant water lily in a pond. They had inaudible sound objects concealed, used each other as marionettes and spent a long time to move a small stick slowly forward. They layered animals into ever-changing patterns, provided old printers with prostheses and made Chinese pigeon whistles circle in a huge hall. They tied strings to shape sounds, let insects rain and constructed noise as unstable as possible. They bridged time to generate space, accompanied industrial buildings while oscillating and forced air to dance. They deprived fans of their cooling effect, cooked rosin to generate friction and sank a mycelium in dirges.
