wel-come, bien-venue, will-kommen ...
The wide stereo installation uses 22 fragmentated voices of 22 people of different countries. All of them are saying the same word in their natural language. The splitted word of greeting „wel – come“ says something utopian without telling what it is. Through the fragmentation (granulating) the words are decomposed and come together again as an individual chorus of voices, sounding strange and familiar at the same time. 

Long outdoor-version for garden installations: 22 min., short indoor-version for passage ways: 8 min. With support by TU Studio Berlin

wel-come (2003)

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