never more than ten, 2020, video, 12min., 13sec.
Full length can be seen at the online exhibition here.
During spring, the presence of isolation struck me, which I connected to my kind of absurd attempt to train my ears so I can hear better. I attempted to cheat my ears by taking the same online hearing tests over and over in order to find out whether I could get better at them and eventually make no mistakes. The audio files and the questions are always the same in these tests. Of course, I did not succeed. When the university closed, for days I attempted to stack more and more of used batteries on top of each other. Not only I could not stack more than ten, but also I could not sharpen my acuity to hear. Mechanical moves and timeless repetition reflect on the struggle to let go of what can no longer be improved.
During spring, the presence of isolation struck me, which I connected to my kind of absurd attempt to train my ears so I can hear better. I attempted to cheat my ears by taking the same online hearing tests over and over in order to find out whether I could get better at them and eventually make no mistakes. The audio files and the questions are always the same in these tests. Of course, I did not succeed. When the university closed, for days I attempted to stack more and more of used batteries on top of each other. Not only I could not stack more than ten, but also I could not sharpen my acuity to hear. Mechanical moves and timeless repetition reflect on the struggle to let go of what can no longer be improved.
Installation view at Frilagret in Gothenburg, Sweden:
