Aufnähen der Kleider, Adalbertstraße, Berlin

Bänkchen mit Webseitenausdrucken, Teilnehmer

Eröffnung Johanneskirche, 1997, Innenansicht

history

In 1997 the work was shown for the first time at St. John?s church in Saarbruecken. In the sanctuary of the church 120 small benches with computer printouts were integrated in the ensemble. The printouts featured the documentary website of each participant and his contribution. There were also three computers with Internet access.
Visitors could walk through the suspended Robe. Upon entering it they found themselves surrounded by hundreds of items of clothing which, depending on how the light fell on them, seemed like shadowy outlines or were almost completely merged with the large garment shape.
The texts accompanying the items of clothing were suspended out of reach in the rear area of the installation. They could, however, be looked up online.

The online version of the project documents the growth process of the actual ?garment? on the one hand but also represents the immaterial character of the ?communication sculpture? on the other.
Examples of some of the participants:

Günter Wallraff, Germany
favourite pair of jeans and trousers worn for his job as picture journalist Hans Esser

Ole (Lama) Nydhal, Denmark:
a fragment of a pair of army trousers to represent the armed conflicts in the world

Ulrike Rosenbach, Germany:
the winner?s sash for Miss World 1969