INSTALLATION VIEWS
ONLINE EXPERIENCE
The online experience of Sprung in die Zeit [Leap Into Time] is an intermedial experience at the intersection of art, music and technology, embodied by the 42 abstract photographs and corresponding sonic compositions. Released on January 1, 2023 the work traces the interest in complex medial structures back to aesthetic concepts that Elias Wessel and musician Natalia Kiës develop in close collaboration between 2014 and 2022. (In her essay “Photography as Experimental Arrangement and Thought Process,” Bärbel Kopplin provides an overview of the concept and creation process of Wessel’s Sprung in die Zeit pictures.) Seeking ways to sense and listen to the voice of the pictures, Kiës develops a technical set-up to generate sounds and compositions intuitively by touching the visual works (see video sample). Thus, the artists become the intermediary from the objects to the visuals to the sounds, that formulate their own (sonic) language. The incorporation of digital technologies such as face tracking, both in physical exhibitions and the online experience, creates new possibilities for combining sound, image, language, space and movement. As a result, a new form of encounter arises for the viewer, which is perceived differently than the encounter with either of the media individually.
To observe the online experience and for additional information visit:
sprungindiezeit.com
ESSAYS
Khazam, Rahma (2024): »Sprung in die Zeit: Close Encounters between Space and Time.« [Publication in preparation]
Kopplin, Bärbel (2021): »Fotografie als Versuchsanordnung und Denkprozess.« [English translation: Photography as Experimental Arrangement and Thought Process.«]
Schoen, Christian (2017): »Sprung in die Zeit. Anmerkungen zum Wesen der Bilder.«
Gisbourne, Mark (2017): »Visions of Synthesis. The Photography of Elias Wessel.« In: Wessel, Elias / Gisbourne, Mark (2017): Elias Wessel. Photographic Works Between the Years 2014–2017. 1014 and Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany NewYork (ed.), New York: Phoebe Verlag. [Deutsche Übersetzung: »Visionen einer Synthese. Zur Photographie von Elias Wessel.«]
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Sprung in die Zeit, 2014 © Elias Wessel / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn