Cardboard, hot glue, paint, megaphone
1.5 × 1.2 × 0.8 m | 2013
The ‘Pulpit’ plays with the subtle attraction of priviledged places, but it also features elements to overcome them. The microphone, which hangs from the ruptured body of the cardboard sculpture, is a modified megaphone mouthpiece. This integrated loudspeaker is a symbolic offer to the viewers to make their voice heard for example against the often hermetic silence or state of an exhibition environment, to name only one institution. Participation is one of the basic concepts and is prevalent in much of Jens Isensee’s work. The ambivalence of this installation lies in its autocratic architecture, whose very function has been turned against itself.
Kanzel
Karton, Heißkleber, Lack, Megafon
1,5 × 1,2 × 0,8 m | 2013
The ‘Pulpit’ plays with the subtle attraction of priviledged places, but it also features elements to overcome them. The microphone, which hangs from the ruptured body of the cardboard sculpture, is a modified megaphone mouthpiece. This integrated loudspeaker is a symbolic offer to the viewers to make their voice heard for example against the often hermetic silence or state of an exhibition environment, to name only one institution. Participation is one of the basic concepts and is prevalent in much of Jens Isensee’s work. The ambivalence of this installation lies in its autocratic architecture, whose very function has been turned against itself.
