Sounds
Oversized and best seen from above, the artist collective called Inges Idee interprets the traffic circle at the intersection of Bleer Strasse and Berliner Ring as a record player with a record on it. The island of the traffic circle contains the spike and the label, and the roadway itself corresponds to the area of the sound groove.
On the sidewalk and bicycle path, the arm of the record player is waiting to be used, but the music is already playing: the rhythm and dynamics are determined by the cars and bicycles, pedestrians and birds that happen to meet here. Their use of the traffic circle ultimately completes the sculptural installation, thus bringing it to life.
The work was inaugurated in August 2019.
About the artist collective Inges Idee
In 1992, the four artists Hans Hemmert, Axel Lieber, Thomas A. Schmidt and Georg Zey joined forces in Berlin to form the artist collective Inges Idee. As a group, they jointly use their artistic work to explore the question of what impact publicly accessible art has on people and the urban environment.
Since the group was founded, they have been able to realize numerous artworks around the world that were conceived precisely for their specific environments. They redefine these places and thus change the viewers' relationship to what they perceive and experience there.
Projects (selection)
2006 Snowman, Snowflake, Vivocity, Singapore
2009 Drop, VCCEP Vancouver, Convention Centre, Vancouver
2013 Zauberlehrling, EMSCHERKUNST 2013, Oberhausen
2018 Look at you, Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad, Sweden
2015–2018 Anticipation, Main Station, Taichung, Taiwan
2019 Step, Lotte Mall Songdo, Seoul