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Moses
Video performance, 2008
Video loop, DV (1:40) as a beamer projection on the wall, speakers

The „Hohe Strasse“ in Cologne leads right to the Cologne Cathedral and is one of the most-frequented shopping streets in Germany. There, i payed homage to the biblical character „Moses“ who parted the Red Sea in the Book of Exodus – walking forward, away from the camera with arms stretched out (thus forming a cross) and barrier tapes in my hands. Moses freed his people, my intention was to free the view by parting the crowd of shoppers and creating an empty corridor, an exodus of sight. To me, one of the most interesting aspects of the performance was how frictionless the crowd adapted to the situation, a direct reaction to the authority of barrier tape.