Heiner Blum
«untitled (Clothing)»

Clothing as a medium and cybernetic element? Heiner Blum assigns the seven operators of this system the specific functions of an electronic system, from production through recording to reproduction. Faced with this conceptual no-tech sculpture of blue working overalls with yellow crotches, the viewer immediately doubts whether this set of materials can be actively used. Are these the props or remnants of a medial performance, or are they ironic objects for the museum? The question remains: What role does the observer choose for himself? But a closer look reveals the semantic environs behind the technical terms. Receiving, playing, tuning, recording, amplifying, balancing, speaking – the primary reference of each of these terms is to communicative activity.

Rudolf Frieling