Engravings of Violence
The work was created a few weeks after Russia's attacks on the Ukraine. Media reports showed many broken windows in homes and shops, testifying the Russian military attacks on the civilian population in Ukraine.
The video – or glass – can thus be understood as a symbol of the fragility of democracy and security. In acts of aggression, protests, attacks, and wars, glass panes are usually the first to break. For the video, safety glass was attacked with cobblestones. The violence becomes inscribed, vaguely reminding us of trajectories and collisions of elementary particles.
Showing the video on a monitor creates the impression as if the real monitor screen is being attacked.
The work was created in 2022 for the solo exhibition "Protection" at the Berlin gallery Art Claims Impuls, whose content dealt with the tense relationship between threat and protection..
Director of photography: Thomas Kutschker; post production: Till Beckmann; sound design: Christian Obermaier; concept and editing: Anna Anders