Here you can see the 125th anniversary celebration that took place in the small German town of Görlitz, Saxony. Due to the complicated situation caused by the lockdown restrictions, it was initially forbidden to organize any kind of event, exhibition or anything similar. While I was looking for an alternative way not to spoil the birthday party, I’ve got in touch with Jana Lübeck who is the coordinator of the art gallery Galerie 9. The gallery, which was not allowed to be used and was therefore empty, had a large window facing the street. So since I couldn’t invite guests to an opening and let people in, I was able to at least bring the birthday closer to people passing by the gallery.

Accordingly, it is important to me to involve people from the fields of art and music in the project. This year I asked the Balkan-Canadian musician and composer Nina Platiša to play and record a short piece by Slavenski that could be heard continuously in a loop through the window. This gave the impression as if someone you can’t see was exercising in the background.