Swingerclub

2005

Material / Technique: space installation ; galvanized grating, stainless steel tube, resin, lighting

Description: The participative installation »Swingerclub« (swinger club) by German artist duo Winter and Hörbelt is part of a series of swinging objects, which have already been exhibited internationally in various contexts, including in New York, Yokohama, and Miami.
The swings, which are constructed from steel grating and colored transparent resin, are suspended from the ceiling of the exhibition-room. Metal rods connect them with the architecture, and thus the specifics of the location’s environment is included in the installation. Anyone who wants to experience the physical and sensual experience of »Swingerclub«, however, has to interact with the installation. Upon entering the installation, an integrated light source lights up the seat of one of the swings. The moment someone sits on it, another swing in the room lights up, and invites more and more visitors to become part of the installation. Through the swinging of the seats, the various colors of the swings seem to fuse into a collective choreography of lights.
At the same time the installation’s provocative title – a reference to sex club establishments – plays with our ideas of morality and raises the question: What relationship do the visitors – inadvertently – enter into with one another as soon as they sit down on a swing?

Julia

Ihls

Images

Wolfgang Winter/Berthold Hörbelt, »Swingerclub«, 2005, space installation ; galvanized grating, stainless steel tube, resin, lighting, Installation dimensions variable, ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe.

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