safety:order / compulsion:disorder

interactive installation at 48h Neukölln 2022

the head is counting. five is a good number. five times. that means 1-2-3-4-5.
+1. for safety.

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

illness snatches logic. compulsion distorts truth. 

"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 red at that.

I'm not sure yet."

In a collaboration of artists with and without obsessive-compulsive disorder we created a multimedial, interactive translation of the dramaturgy of a compulsive action was using modified sound-bass-frequencies, synchronized light- sources, and video-art.

The abstraction of emotions makes compulsion understandable for recipients within their own spectrum of experience. Especially when coupled with interactive possibilities, emotional empathy is made possible. In this way, the project can contribute to destigmatization-processes.