Videofootage of a performance at Cabaret Voltaire on the 14 of march 2023. The Performance was part of a reaction to the exhibition Sophie Taeuber-Arp / Mai-Thu Perret «Ich bin wü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü tend» at Cabaret Voltaire Zürich

With a sounddesign of emails and private messages I react on the new edition of Sophie Taeuber-Arps gigantic letter collection. In real time the sounddesign is being modulated by 3 layers of carpet, in referenence to Mai-Thu Perrets work "Untitled (Green Oval)". The score for the modulation pattern is the Neon Piece „Untitled (Different Ways), aswell by Mai-Thu Perret, which is itself a reaction to an illustration of stitching patterns by Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Blanche Gauchat ("Unterrichtsdokumentation Zeichnen für textile Berufe. Anleitung zum Unterricht im Zeichnen für textile Berufe").

From the beginning of our research in Trogen, the copy of the stitching patterns of Sophie stuck with me, intruiged by the strong visual qualities of it. I had it with me the whole week. When we later entered the exhibition the first time, my eyes were immediately drawn to Mai-Thu Perrets Neon Piece, it struck me with joy. The very simple and rudimentary lines remind me of sound waves or oscillators in sound synthesis. They are the building blocks of more elaborate structures.

In my Performance I'm reading those lines, like one would read a score.