Object and sound Velour terry cloth, round steel, stool, sound (10 min, looped) Erinnerungskörper in blau is a multi-sensory spatial installation that deals with the inscription of tender touch into the somatic memory. Long, dark blue textile tubes made of velour terry cloth hang from a spiral-shaped metal structure made of round steel down to the floor. A blue plastic stool – a familiar everyday object used in bathrooms – stands at its center. Visitors are invited to take a seat and listen to a ten-minute sound recording in a loop via headphones: the sonorous noise of a hairdryer and the rhythmic stroking of a brush. Erinnerungskörper in blau moves between everyday intimacy and the awareness of transience. The expansive installation places slightly overlooked moments of care at its center and poses questions about closeness without real contact. The work creates a space for memories stored in the body and negotiates how we can remember touch. At the RANGE Sound Festival, only the 10-minute sound of the installation will be heard.
Sa. 11.10. 2 – 8 PM
Su. 12.10. 2 – 6 PM
Artist Talk
Su. 12.10. 4.30 PM
Waschraum
Lea-Maraike Sambale (she/her) is a transdisciplinary artist with a hybrid practice. She currently lives and works in Vienna. Since 2020, she has been studying fine arts at the Kunsthochschule Kassel with a focus on sculpture, new media, and theory and practice. Most recently, she completed a one-year Erasmus study program at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the class for transmedia art under Professor Jakob Lena Knebl. In her artistic practice, Sambale moves between sensual-haptic textures and digital spaces. Her works include multimedia installations, performative video works, and textile objects. Her work focuses on the tension between physicality and technological surfaces, as well as the exploration of analog and digital cultures of memory. She often deals with social and political power dynamics and forms of care, placing particular emphasis on perspectives that are often underrepresented or rendered invisible. Her work has been shown in exhibition spaces in Kassel, Berlin, Hildesheim, Chemnitz, and Vienna.
