about all dimensions
sound sculpture: terrarium, construction plans on edible paper, LP, automated music: 4:44 min, grand piano: Nadine Klusacsek, 2022-23
close-ups by Jakub Šimčik
,about all dimensions‘ is a series of works, in which Wenzel deals with the demolition of the first prefabricated building in Halle-Silberhöhe in 2001. The political failure, which manifests itself in the history of the building, illustrates the unresolved structural break of the post-reunification period and shows how economic rationalization has inscribed itself in the satellite towns of the GDR, their architecture and their inhabitants.
With the musical translation of all the measurements found in the archived floor plans, Wenzel attempts to trace the echo that the apartment block has left behind in the city and the collective memory. The notation was played on the grand piano by Nadine Klusacsek, technically compressed, and recorded onto vinyl.
The project was funded by the Art Foundation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt and the Kloster Bergesche Foundation