„Who really cares, when you don't know when you arrive und not even know where you are going?“ (1)

Heaps of cardboard, aluminum-framed light boxes  and pillars made of transparent plastic create a hybrid  of sculpture and temporary dwelling. Visual material  is projected onto the different surfaces. The images  are looped in a sequence and adhere to a set rhythm.  On a luminescent background, one sees a pattern  composed of the motifs of a clock and a map of  the underground railway system. The heterogeneous,  interweaving structure of the installation is permeated  by the typical sounds of warning signals, of an underground  train arriving and stopping, thus conjuring  up the atmosphere of a public space.  Projected onto the back of a light box is a video  sequence showing the uneventful departure of an  underground train, which is quite in keeping with  the monotonous rhythm inherent in such a situation.  Christine Schulz made a longer version of the video  during her stay in Tokyo, filming through an opening  that faced onto an underground platform. [...]

(1) John Armleder: Lost in the City 2002, in: Christine Schulz: TOK, Ein Ausstellungsprojekt für die Kunst VIII im Niedersächsischen Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur 2002, Hannover 2002, p. 3 (extract).

Stefanie Manthey
Translation: Pauline Cumbers

Catalogue excerpt
fast forward 2. The Power of Motion
Media Art Sammlung Goetz
Editors: Ingvild Goetz and Stephan Urbaschek
Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz, 2010