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“If no one had come, nothing would have happened.”
89 Voices was an interactive light labyrinth made of text, which became visible only through the presence of visitors. “If no one had come, nothing would have happened.” This simple fact, as well as the courage and determination of all those who took to the streets in 1989, was symbolically taken up by 89 Voices. Only through the people moving across the square were the written elements revealed. The light projections were controlled in such a way that they appeared only around the viewers. The more people gathered, the larger the mosaic of contemporary testimonies became, constantly in flux and changing interactively. With every step, more content quite literally came to or into the light. The more people present at the same time, the more messages could be read. The special feature of the quotations: all of them came from women who were actively involved in the Peaceful Revolution in 1989 and reflected their unique perspective. However, the texts were not tangible, but fleeting like a whisper. Their coming and going lay solely in the hands of the visitors. And: if no one had come, nothing would have been visible.
The light installation was accompanied by a sound collage in which the loud and quiet tones of that time, the slogans and fears were artistically combined with today’s thoughts, thus building an acoustic bridge between past and present. Fleeting photo projections additionally showed the faces behind the voices.
