WALTER SEIDL
FLUCtuate
split-screen b/w & color slide installation (2003-2005)
The split-screen photo and sound project FLUCtuate approaches the events in
a Viennese bar/music/exhibition and concert space, whose temporary location
in the premises of a railway station has become one of the city’s most
popular and yet diverse club area from 2002 to 2005. As a temporary,
fluctuating space, FLUC has become an important interaction zone, whose
ongoing media presence and successful thinking lies in the hands of a few
people from the Viennese arts and music scene. With photography and sound,
FLUCtuate reflects the social practices in this space, whose temporal
limitedness has been clear from the beginning due to architectural
renovation processes in the surrounding urban environment. Photography and
sound demonstrate possible interaction models testifying to the social
status of FLUC: from concert hall and intimate DJ-ing location to exhibition
site and meeting place for intellectually and romantically stimulating
encounters.
The project resulted in collaboration with Viennese sound artist Stefan Geissler
to capture the two essential components of the space: its changing visual aesthetics
and musical elements ranging from guitar rock to electronic experiments.
Photography: Walter Seidl
Sound: Stefan Geissler