INDESSEN

SITE-SPECIFIC VIDEO IN THE TEACHING POOL HALL OF THE FORMER SCHOOL V/POS JURI GAGARIN IN EISENHÜTTENSTADT.

A COLLABORATION BY EVA BURGHARDT, SUSANNE SOLDAN (DANCE) & ELMA RIZA (VIDEO) / 2023

VIDEO FORMAT: 4K _ 16:9
DURATION: 08:36 MIN

INDOOR SWIMMING POOL IN EISENHÜTTENSTADT – OVER 20 YEARS SHUT.
OUTSIDE, A FLOOD OF RAIN. INSIDE, LOW TIDE. CHAIRS WHERE WATER ONCE WAS.
A GDR MOSAIC PRESIDES OVER THE POOL. TIME STANDS.
TWO PERFORMERS DIVE INTO THE DRY POOL, BOARD THE SCENERY, CLEAR THE SPACE.
THEY EASE THEMSELVES IN, REVERBERATE WITH CHAIRS, MOSAIC, HALL.
THE LATEST LINES, YET NOT THE LAST, ON THIS LONG-LIVED, LEFT AND LONE TILE SKIN.

INDESSEN IS AN ENCOUNTER WITH EMPTINESS.
INDESSEN IS A SENSE OF PAST LIFE AND FUTURE POTENTIAL.
INDESSEN IS IN-BETWEEN AND HOWEVER.