offer to time

a place which used to host some beings has to be abandoned.

the offer to time is an offer addressed to the idea of time.

a lily is let decompose in the space.

time is needed in order for the offer to take place.

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first part of the ritual: floor washing.

washing the floor as a way to prepare the place for the offer, as if washing a newborn’s head.

(not documented)

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second part of the ritual: introduction of the lily.

the lily is installed in the room.

the lily is moved to a second room.

(documented through still images)

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third part of the ritual: the long listening.

While the lily decomposes, attention is required. Long listening, long watching.

(not documented)

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fourth part of the ritual: the voice is offered to the space.

one voice reads “Der goldene Vogel” in German.

one poem in Hungarian is offered.

sounds of singing through water and metal.

(not documented)

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fifth part of the ritual: the lily is brought to the river.

the lily is finally decomposed: it will be discarded in the river which flows behind the place.

the fifth part introduces the necessity of displacement: What was inside is brought outside.

(the displacement is documented through video and recordings)

Displacement:

after a month the sound offer is repeated, next to the river where the lily has been discarded.