Christian Blau
Paravent 'Diese ungefähre Welt' / 'This approximate world',
soundobject from 1999 The paravent was part of the exhibition 'The Paravent-Project',
Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, 1999
Paravent 'Diese ungefähre Welt' / 'This approximate world'
160 x 180 (3x60cm) x 6 cm
6 mid-tone speakers are mounted within wood-fiber boards on raw construction wood frames.
The speakers are powered by miniature sound chips.
A button starts or stops playback of 20 second recordings.
Battery powered.
christianblau 1999
Catalog feature, of the exhibition
'Paraventi: Folding Screens from the 17th to 21st Centuries'
Fondazione Prada, 26 Oct 2023 – 22 Feb 2024, curated by Nicholas Cullinan
Text by Siegfried Zielinski