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A room, the wall is still white. A sink, still unused. Immediately overflowing with flowing stress. washing off the fear - washing off the risk. Faucet open, the process, closed again. not yet ready to dry off, to finish the process. Repeat.

"I wash my hands several times a day - i mean often - i mean again and again. the action is repeated, right after a course of action seemed to be completed. But it wasn't right yet, i'm not sure yet if washing my hands was right, went right. I'm not sure if I even just washed my hands. They're already so red.

I'm not sure yet."

Interactive Installation by AnikaKrbetschek, with Marco Borowski and Karl Schulz, 2022
safety:order / compulsion:disorder


A collaborative effort of artists with and without experiences with a psychiatric state of ‚Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder' that resulted in an interactive multimediainstallation, which captures the dramaturgy of an compulsive act in relation to pandemic contexts.
Modified sound-bass-frequencies react to people washing their hands in the sink, as well as synchronized light-sources, voice recordings and video-art. Thus, the likewise repetitive action of hand-washing in both contexts, the compulsive act and those of pandemic times are juxtaposed. The reference to a collective experience like the covid pandemic as well as the artistic abstraction of shared emotions makes the concept of compulsion understandable.

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A room, the wall is still white. A sink, still unused. Immediately overflowing with flowing stress. washing off the fear - washing off the risk. Faucet open, the process, closed again. not yet ready to dry off, to finish the process. Repeat.

"I wash my hands several times a day - i mean often - i mean again and again. the action is repeated, right after a course of action seemed to be completed. But it wasn't right yet, i'm not sure yet if washing my hands was right, went right. I'm not sure if I even just washed my hands. They're already so red.

I'm not sure yet."

Interactive Installation by AnikaKrbetschek, with Marco Borowski and Karl Schulz, 2022
safety:order / compulsion:disorder


A collaborative effort of artists with and without experiences with a psychiatric state of ‚Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder' that resulted in an interactive multimediainstallation, which captures the dramaturgy of an compulsive act in relation to pandemic contexts.
Modified sound-bass-frequencies react to people washing their hands in the sink, as well as synchronized light-sources, voice recordings and video-art. Thus, the likewise repetitive action of hand-washing in both contexts, the compulsive act and those of pandemic times are juxtaposed. The reference to a collective experience like the covid pandemic as well as the artistic abstraction of shared emotions makes the concept of compulsion understandable.