If we move in together, her husband will move in too! Surely he doesn't want to live with me.
What if there is a version of yourself that lives, desires and performs beyond: the body as something legible, he norm of the nuclear family, the idea of the pair as the ultimate team. Jul Gordon draws a story where relationships, dreams, projection, imagination and conversations weave a layered story of two characters that are only briefly united – creating a yearning for the subtle and dreamlike moments to become a truth that would be able to remain.
"Are you awake?" is published by Colorama, Berlin 2022 as a 104-pages risoprinted book.
The publication of "Are you awake?" comes after an exhibition of the same name in cooperation with Luka Lenzin, who created a soundtrack for it. Due to the pandemic, this was initially realized online with the kind support of the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung in july 2021 and presented by the Frappant Galerie, Hamburg and Snail Eye Festival, Leipzig. Tim Huys built the VR - room.
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Finally, in January 2022 it could also be presented offline at Frappant Galerie.
With large-scale sewn flags, tents and sounds, we tried to build a kind of walk-in comic
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From the tents came sound and music of Luka Lenzin. You can listen to it on bandcamp.
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Luka Lenzin also produced a tape related to the exhibition which - digital or analog - is available on bandcamp.
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Exhibition view "Are you awake?", Frappant Galerie, Hamburg, January 2022.
Photo by Kathrin Spirk
Exhibition view "Are you awake?", Frappant Galerie, Hamburg, January 2022.
Exhibition view "Are you awake?", Frappant Galerie, Hamburg, January 2022.
Photo by Kathrin Spirk
Exhibition view "Are you awake?", Frappant Galerie, Hamburg, January 2022.