⋄Through the Memory of the Mountains
Sound-performance, Installation.
Untersberg marble and other stones, rubble powder, body, sound, voice, fabric, wool yarn, paper, cardboard.
2024
When I walked through the mountains holding a huge branch, I once experienced the illusion of being a deer. As if suddenly intruding into the memory of the mountains. Different times belonging to this mountain, and various creatures belonging to those moments, are condensed in the memory of the rocks. Touching these rocks of varying colors and types, the stories between the strata, like the flourishing life spreading across the mountains and fields at this moment, unfold slowly before my eyes. It evokes a child's profound impression of the first bird fossil. So, she wishes to join the birds that witnessed the birth of the mountains, becoming a link in the bridge of memory. Within the mountains crafted by time, narrating a ballad where life converges and continues to extend through these crystals.
Performance and Installation view during “Stone As Actor, Stone As Stage” at Untersberg Quarry, Grödig, Austria, August 2024.
Process
Photos: Helena Kalleitner & Iceylithe Bintong Wang