{"id":658,"date":"2016-07-05T14:46:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T12:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waldach.com\/?post_type=portfolio&p=658\/"},"modified":"2017-07-29T07:48:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T05:48:54","slug":"change-and-silence","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"http:\/\/waldach.com\/en\/portfolio\/change-and-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Change and Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nCan one conceive of chance so that it becomes visible?
\nWaldach’s spatial drawing “Silence and Chance” visualizes central philosophical concepts from John Cage’s life and work. The installation starts in a narrow, black room, a conceptual system of belief that reaches into the white exhibition space like a three-dimensional musical score. A polyphonic structure becomes apparent, offering a framework for the single red thread that randomly touches each element within the physical space. This principle of chance, moving from the black “Space of Silence” into the white “Space of Thought”, adds its own autonomous movement to the tension of the black notational system. The red thread jumps throughout the physical space, exiting the composition via the opposite wall. We are left with a quote by Cage: Chance… provides a leap out of reach of one’s own grasp of oneself<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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