The work refers to the historical distinction between the “yellow post” and the “grey post” in Germany. While the yellow post stood for conventional postal services — letters, parcels and the circulation of physical messages — the grey post referred to telecommunications: telephone networks, switching systems and long-distance communication.
In the installation, the cardboard layering relates to the material world of the yellow post: packaging, transport, storage and physical traces of communication. The sound installation, on the other hand, connects to the grey post and its invisible infrastructure of signals, conversations and transmission.
Since the site is located in the former GDR, the work also touches on histories of surveillance, interception and listening. Voices, field recordings and fragmented narratives form shifting sonic layers that evoke a world of overheard communication and hidden technical systems.
The visible relay cabinet became the acoustic source of the installation. Equipped with a microcontroller, it generated and transmitted sound in real time, turning the former telecommunications object into an active resonating body.
Kartonage, Fieldrecordings // mehrteilige Schichtung und Klanginstallation mit Konstantin Svechtarov // #1 3,25 x 2,25 x 2 m / #2 2,20 x 2,10 x 2,84 m // Alte Post / Gransee // 2022 // Fotos: Konstantin Svechtarov
Kooperation mit Kunstverein kf4 e.V., Wolfgang Grassl (Architekt) und terraplan (Bauprojektentwickler).
Gefördert im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR
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Cardboard, field recordings // multi-part layering and sound installation with Veronika Schneider // #1 3.25 × 2.25 × 2 m / #2 2.20 × 2.10 × 2.84 m // Alte Post / Gransee // 2022 // Photos: Konstantin Svechtarov
In cooperation with Kunstverein kf4 e.V., Wolfgang Grassl (architect) and terraplan (project developer).
Funded as part of NEUSTART KULTUR.