(5 False Promises)
Video-Delay-Installations by Daniel Kötter
Instructions by Begum Erciyas

I. Entrance

“Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you“
(The Police, Every Breath You Take)

Visitor A:
Enter Oberer Hirschgang through the curtain.
In a fast pace, enter and rush randomly through the Hirschgang for about 45 seconds.
While you are crossing the corridor, make sudden turns with your head, watching the space to your right, left or back. Then join Visitor B at the entrance.

Visitor B:
Follow Visitor A by navigating the camera at the entrance on the right screen.
When Visitor A joins you watch the movement you produced on the left screen.

Then Visitor A and B swap their roles.

II. Hirschgang

“Well I’m just people watching
The other people watching me
And we’re all people watching
The other people watching we”
(Jack Johnson, People Watching)

Follow the movements along the corridor in front of the monitors as indicated by the arrows.
Look at the photos.
Look at the screens.
Watch people watching art.
Watch yourself watching people watching art.

III. Staircase Studio #14

“Instinctively you give to me
The love that I need
I cherish the moments with you
Respectfully I see to thee
I’m aware that you’re cheating
But no one makes me feel like you do”
(Diana Ross, Upside Down)

Visitor A:
Stand in front of the little monitor on the ground floor and try to communicate with Visitor B by using your hands in front of the camera.
From time to time look at the monitor and try to react to what you see.

Visitor B:
Stand in front of the camera in the basement and try to communicate with Visitor A by reacting to what you see on the little monitor.

IV. Unterer Hirschgang

„When I look into your eyes
I can see how much I love you
And it makes me realize
When I look into your eyes
I see all my dreams come true
When I look into your eyes“
(Bon Jovi, When I Look Into Your Eyes)

Walk continuously from screen to screen.
Try to catch up on steady rhythm, with which you always see yourself only from behind.
Once you have this rhythm, try to change your pace, so that you see yourself from the front in one screen and from the back in the other.

V. Corridor/Unterer Hirschgang

“If I could turn back time
If I could find a way
I’d take back those words that hurt you
And you’d stay
If I could reach the stars
I’d give them all to you
Then you’d love me, love me
Like you used to do”
(Cher, If I Could Turn Back Time)

Move very slowly along the corridor towards the screen until you freeze in a pose.
Stay in this still pose without moving for 30 seconds

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