
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.