get me out of here
installation version
get me outa here
Video, Betacam, 30 Min., 1998, colour, looped,
Sounddesign C. Obermaier, Sound edit M. Langenbach,
TV set, Player, Amp, Speakers Flowersofa, Neonbulbs, Cheap Beer (100
cans), 2 Neon-Illuminated Cupboards, 2 Vitrinas with 100 Cans of Cheap
Beer, arranged in double rows, carpet (1) The space is darkened. The
air is being filled with the smell of beer. The only light comes from
the neonbulbs behind the cans and the TV. The video is playing endlessly.
The sound is loud. The public sits on the sofa, watches and drinks
the beer.
performance version
I sit on the sofa with two free seats. I drink the beer. I smoke.
I watch the programme. In the programme I sit on a chair, white paper
background, two cupboards, two palms.
I watch myself in the TV switching channels with the remote control.
Every switch (the light impulse can be seen) is followed by an interruption
of the sequence.
I answer people who talk to me. I offer them cans of beer. Some drink.
Some smoke. The video is looping. minimum time 8 hours
(1) optional: carpet absolutely soaked with beer (that it makes a
smacking noise when you step on it), a large space where you see first
and smell and hear until you approach the assembly a small and ugly
palmtree
