Today, something a little different. Carina Khorkhordina is a trumpeter and photographer from Russia, now living and working in Berlin. Some of her recent works are sound/site-specific videos that she has created showcasing some of the quickly disappearing ‘verlassene Orte’ (abandoned places) in the rapidly gentrifying city.
It’s a format of site-specific performances I’ve been planning to develop for a while. The initial idea of the collaboration with Axel Dörner (trumpet) and Burkhard Beins (percussion) came out of my photographic work about Berlin.
In October last year we made our first video in an abandoned swimming pool in the part of the city called Pankow.
It is filmed in a former railroad yard. First part is the duo (Bauer / Khorkhordina) site-specifically circling around circular breathing on a plastic Abflussrohr-Didgeridoo and spinning the double wind wand bullroarer. Second part is a piece between the light and darkness with Emilio, Eric and myself.
12U Zehlendorf August 2020. Photo by Carina Khorkhordina |