The second phase of the “Trilogy of Movement”, entitled Greetings from Above, was represented the central event of the project OUT OF CONTROL. It revolved around the exhibition in the Audi Centre in Dresdner Straße 5. in Kassel, in the immediate vicinity of the city center. The slow, spatial proximity to the exhibition site was an important element in the overall artist´s concept related to the mobility. Not only is the exhibition hall of the Audi Centre was involved in this kind of Gesamtkunstwerk, but also the free space around the car house. On the roof of the hall was a red beam of light shining in the night sky. As ‘guests of honor’ or ‘stars’ of the event, 8 black limousines were placed on an imaginary red carpet in red lit interior of the hall. From the limos a monotonous computer sound penetrated. On each of the roofs of a vehicle was posted a long candle without wick, with a monitor suspended above it, respectively. The video showed fire in an almond-shaped cutout of a black mask, so that the overall appearance was a reminiscent of the flame of the candle. The religious appeal of this installation refers to an almost religious worship of technological progress while the reality and virtuality were compared and scrutinized.
The opening event was accompanied with a performance of 8 female actresses, who appear initially as waitresses. At a certain point (around 8 pm), after it had already become dark, the performers left the hall with candles, which previously stood on the cars´ rooftops, in their hands. In front of the hall, eight additional vehicles were parked with vertically radiating upwards headlights mounted on their roofs. With switched lights, the journey continued to the nearby roundabout. An engaged helicopter observed the moving vehicles in the circle, giving the impression as if the event were monitored, recorded and documented. On the monitors in the exhibition hall and the Internet was now seen a circle of light on a black background, announced with a countdown. It gave the appearance as if these were the images of a live transmission of the moving cars in a circle. Perception, deception, confusion, and authenticity were questioned and taken as starting points for further discussion. The presentation ended when the performers came back and brought the candles to their original position on the parked cars.
