2024 | 5.1 audio and full HD video installation, flags, grandstand. Duration: 19:59 min. | edition 2 + 1 AP
Videostills exhibition view Betze, K-Town, Pfaff., mpk – Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern 2024

For thousands of years, people have known about the power and energy that drums and chants can unleash. For example, the voice was used as a regulatory valve for one‘s own emotions in military conflicts to swear warriors to each other and intimidate opponents in the form of war-cries. Today, this is exemplified in stadiums around the world, where confrontations are fought on the pitch and the action is commented on by choirs from the stands, similar to Greek theater.
Rotliegend tells of timeless dramas that play out on a daily basis, of smoldering conflicts, their climaxes and turning points and, ultimately, the catharsis that follows.
The initially assumed contrast of forest, stage and mass event reveals unexpected parallels through acoustic and visual superimposition.

Below you can watch a short trailer of Rotliegend. To get the link to the full video please send me an email to >mail at sophieinnmann dot com<.
Please note that Rotliegend is conceived as a multi-channel audio installation designed for a 90m² room. Unfortunately, a notebook screen with stereo speakers cannot come close to reproducing this immersive experience.

Rotliegend is the typical type of rock found in the Palatinate Forest.

Set-up of Rotliegend: The video is mapped and projected precisely onto two original stadium flags, each measuring 3 m x 4 m. The visitors can sit down on theater grandstands arranged in a semicircle like in an amphitheatre and stadium.