New England
2020
video
duration: 7’15”
30 PERFORMANCES FOR A GRAY BACKDROP
1. I BRUSH MY TEETH WHILE LISTENING TO THE SOUND OF A LAWN MOWER.
duration: 2'47"
2. NO ONE CRIES WHEN I ENTER THE ROOM.
duration: 0'36"
3. I STAY SILENT FOR 10 MINUTES. I THEN SAY THE WORD "OH."
duration: 10'08"
4. IT IS COLD OUTSIDE. I AM NOT WEARING A JACKET.
duration: 0'29"
5. I MEASURE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND ME.
duration: 1'44"
6. I PLACE A TEA BAG IN MY MOUTH.
duration: 0'35"
7. I CRY. A FAN BLOWS AT MY FACE.
duration: 1'09"
8. NO ONE ASKS ME TO DANCE WHEN I ENTER THE ROOM.
duration: 0'50"
9. I ATTEMPT TO STAND WITHOUT BENDING MY KNEES OR ELBOWS.
duration: 2'39"
10. I LAY DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
duration: 0'57"
11. I LAY DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK.
duration: 1'10"
12. I LAY DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HALL.
duration: 1'10"
13. I LAY DOWN ON MY BED.
duration: 1'19"
14. NO ONE IS IN THE ROOM WHEN I ENTER.
duration: 0'46"
15. I COOK AN EGG WHILE SINGING IN GERMAN ABOUT IT.
duration: 4'15"
16. I THINK OF A PITCH. I HUM IT.
duration: 0'46"
17. I AM CONTINUOUSLY SLAPPED IN THE FACE.
duration: 1'01"
18. GOD IS PRESENT.
duration: 0'40"
19. I HAVE A FOX FUR. I LOVE AMERICA AND AMERICA LOVES ME.
duration: 1'50"
20. I DRINK THREE GLASSES OF WATER AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.
duration: 1'37"
21. I CALL MY MOTHER TO ASK HER ABOUT THE FIRST WORD SHE THOUGHT OF THIS MORNING. SHE DOES NOT PICK UP.
duration: 1'00"
22. I STAND BEHIND A DOOR.
duration: 1'55"
23. I RUN AWAY.
duration: 0'54"
24. I AM STILL RUNNING.
duration: 0'52"
25. I HOLD MY BREATH FOR AS LONG AS I CAN.
duration: 0'46"
26. I REMEMBER A NAME. I WRITE IT DOWN AND PLACE IT IN MY MOUTH.
duration: 0'48"
27. I DO NOT ENTER THE ROOM.
duration: 2'31"
28. I SIGH.
duration: 0'21"
29. I THINK OF SOMETHING I OFTEN THINK ABOUT. I AM NOT FACING YOU.
duration: 1'04"
30. THERE IS ALWAYS DISTANCE BETWEEN US.
duration: 0'27"
2018
30 performances
total duration: 47'06"
An Essay on Silence
2018
video
duration: 5’11”
Grundsätze des Kommunismus
Oder: Wie man ein guter kleiner sowjetischer Junge werden kann
[English: The Principles of Communism. Or: How One Can Become a Good Little Soviet Boy]
2017
video
duration: 19'41"
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