michael sailstorfer
 
Anna - 2004

hair dryer, microphone, microphone stand, speakers
165 x 120 x 150 cm

'Anna' plays with the image of pop culture. A hairdryer installed on a microphone stand represents a "background singer" performing a song. As soon as the blower is turned on, the sound is recorded by a filigree headset singing microphone. A lateral amplifier strengthens the sound made by the air current, filling up the exhibition space with a noise evocative of a rushing storm. The arrangement of the dryer in 50's style with his headset microphone remind of pop standards as they are usually depicted in revivals today, for example in the music and videos of soul-icon Amy Winehouse. As in many of his works, Sailstorfer experiments in 'Anna' with the possibility of expanding sculpture in space by means of the intangible: sounds, smell or light become defining aspects of the work.