Talking Tubes. Installation by Jean-Remy

A blue-lit room with a small child looking at the »Talking Tubes« installation: a control panel between two large tubes

Opening, Thu, July 1, 2021, 7 pm CEST in the ZKM forecourt with Jean-Remy, Jan Josef Liefers, Anna Loos, and Anders Indset

In today's digitally networked world, Jean-Remy's »Talking Tubes« (2020) demonstrates the simple power of direct dialog. The artist has created an interactive acoustic installation of aphoristic dialogs made of metal, industrial waste and fire hoses.

»Let's talk! Even today, when everyone and everything are all communicating with each other, dialog still remains the fastest and simplest way to clarify things. It is the most important link between human relationships and thus the origin of all forms of communication. Celebrating this origin with an interactive installation is the idea behind »Talking Tubes«: Two tubes exchange ideas, alternating between the profound and the absurd, and formality is excluded. The spoken word takes precedence! The »Talking Tubes« are never finished, but remain in motion: the »talking« repeatedly with new performers and contents, the »tubes« with other surprising constructions. The »Talking Tubes« being presented at ZKM are the first of all such installations, with dialogs about talk and silence, spoken by Jan Josef Liefers and Anna Loos.« – Jean-Remy

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Opening of the exhibition »Talking Tubes« by Jean-Remy on July 1, 2021 with (from left) Jürgen Grossmann, Dominika Szope, Anna Loos, Jean-Remy, Jan Josef Liefers, Walter Smerling, Anders Indset

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The artist Jean-Remy during the opening of the exhibition »Talking Tubes« at ZKM Foyer on July 1, 2021

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Opening of the exhibition »Talking Tubes« by Jean-Remy at ZKM Foyer on July 1, 2021

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Anna Loos and Jan Josef Liefers during the opening of the exhibition »Talking Tubes« by Jean-Remy at ZKM Foyer on July 1, 2021

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Detailed view on the installation »Talking Tubes« by Jean-Remy

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Detailed view on the installation »Talking Tubes« by Jean-Remy

© Jean-Remy, © ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, photo: Chiara Bellamoli