Architectural device for Forsythe movement | left hand movement | collage of fake concrete walls | model 02
wood, dry wall, concrete, palette, video projection, projector, DVD player, 30 min. loop, sound
Installation view The Kitchen, NYC

Architectural device for a forsythe movement | left hand movement | collage of fake concrete walls | side

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This installation is part of a series of collaborations between Welz and the Germany-based, American choreographer William Forsythe that stems from their shared interest in the writings of the late Samuel Beckett (Worstward Ho).

Welz first filmed Forsythe transposing a written phrase derived from Beckett’s prose. Welz then projected this video and created drawings based on tracing the movements of Forsythe’s left hand. These drawings became the blueprint for the sculptural system of freestanding, curved walls inspired by the unique cadences of Beckett’s writings. Through this progression from language to movement to line and, finally, to sculpture, the resulting installation explores both the physical and mental processes by which we perceive, and make sense of, the figure in space.

Architectural device for Forsythe movement | left hand movement | collage of fake concrete walls | model 02
wood, dry wall, concrete, palette, video projection, projector, DVD player, 30 min. loop, sound
Installation view The Kitchen, NYC

Study for architectural device for Forsythe movement | left hand movement | collage of fake concrete walls | model 02
photoprint, plastic sheet, permanent marker, colour print onto acitate, 60 cm x 86 cm, Berlin 2006




Architectural device for Forsythe movement | left hand movement | collage of fake concrete walls | model 01
wood, dry wall, concrete, wooden pallet, video projection, DVD player, 30 min. loop, sound, 125 cm x 87 cm x 56 cm, Berlin 2006










Architectural device for Forsythe movement | left hand movement | collage of fake concrete walls | model 03
wood, dry wall, concrete, wooden pallet, video projection, DVD player, 30 min. loop, sound, 125 cm x 87 cm x 56 cm, Berlin 06