Anfrage des Künstlers (Artist’s request, 2024)
Sound Installation / (Printed-) Letters, 2-Channel Audio
As Peter Roehr did, the artist will directly inquire with various companies if their advertisements can be used as parts of art and check their reactions. This process will be compared to how a car company reacted in Peter Roehr’s time. The automatic responses from these companies to the artist were used to generate sound.
“Your request is very important to us. Please do not reply to this email.”
Peter Roehr’s letter to Volkswagen in 1965 asking if he could use their advertising photos in his work and if he could get 100 samples of them (left) and Volkswagen’s response and text Montage homage (right) / MMK Frankfurt Archive
* Original work for Peter Roehr Hommage project, Wiesbaden Kunsthaus
exhibited at sounds like…? looks like…? “Peter Roehr – eine klangkünstlerische Hommage”
11.September – 11. November 2024, Wiesbaden, Germany