Soundtrack (2.52)
In my multi-part geometric stand object in the style of Japanese patterns, a handmade tracing of the Hokusai* woodcut of a dragon, an AI-generated dragon label, an engraved dragon depiction by Albrecht Dürer and an acoustic pattern wrestle for meaning. The representations on transparent paper are illuminated with flickering, glowing light, while the dragon engraved on wood by Dürer appears to flee from the formation.
Can a fantasy creature based on a fable be faked when the fable itself is already fake? So the fake itself is nothing new. Fairy tales and fables have a function, are intended to scare and frighten and influence people. Even children are confronted with fakes: Father Christmas, Father Christmas and the Easter Bunny. In the 1970s, a standard work of journalism by the author Harry Pross stated: ‘Most news is fake.’.
The dragon in the German sagas is killed. He who kills reaps fame and honour. Meanwhile, in Chinese and Japanese culture, the dragon can certainly appear as a positive figure.
Where does the encounter between these dragons lead, is it a fight or do they just want to play? Is there coexistence or must there, should there be a winner? Is there the good and the real versus the fake and the counterfeit? And how much differentiation in information can a human being withstand? And is AI creeping into our lives like a Trojan horse? My work poses the question of original and copy, of the ethics of new, partly media-collective creativity, of intellectual property, truth, cultural identity and the transparency of sources.
A specially developed soundtrack based on taiko sounds, percussion and gong can be listened to via headphones.
LINKS:
https://48-stunden-neukoelln.de/en/programm/das-erwachen-des-drachen
https://www.prachtwerkberlin.com
