July 2016Zypresse // Cypress
Hörstück Zypresse aufegführt im alten botanischen Garten Zürich zur Themenausstellung Klimagarten 2085, in Zusammenarbeit mit Simon Grab, Foto: Nina Mann, 2016
Zypresse (Cypress), audio work staged in collaboration with Simon Grab in the Old Botanic Garden, Zurich, as part of the thematic exhibition Klimagarten 2085 (Climate Gardens 2085)
Hörstück Zypresse aufegführt im alten botanischen Garten Zürich zur Themenausstellung Klimagarten 2085, in Zusammenarbeit mit Simon Grab, Foto: Nina Mann, 2016
Audio work Zypresse
Zypresse // Cypress (2016)
Audio work, Time 14' 40'', spoken by Esther Becker, Soundcomposition Simon Grab
Françoise Caraco and Simon Grab have staged a text collage as an audio piece about the cypress tree, acoustically and visually performed by them in the Botanic Garden.
The cypress has become the subject of myths and classification systems; here it appears in the present scene as a ‘concrete plant’. Set against the backdrop of the Botanic Gardens the audio track invites the listeners to take an imaginary journey in time spans[i1] around the Mediterranean.