state of descent
2013



installation:
bouzouki case, donations (one cent coins), text
130cm x 40cm x 55cm

performance:
bouzouki player
duration variable

in state of descent an empty bouzouki case is presented
to visitors in the fashion of a street musician opening his
instrument case for contributions.
the case is accompanied by a text asking for donations of
single euro cents in order to retune a (absent) bouzouki from
it's standard C-F-A-D tuning to E, F, S and F - the acronym
of the European Financial Stability Facility. each cent pays
for the equivalent musical cent, thus 7000 cents are needed
to retune to E-F-S-F.
should the amount be reached at the end of the exhibition a
hired bouzouki player will retune his instrument accordingly.



common cents

 





state of descent coins

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