-ship is a sound sculpture for the entrance area of La Maison de la Création, Cité Modèle, Brussels. The suffix -ship is used in English to form abstract terms, often having to do with states, relationships, or properties. It connects to the festival theme from the Mothership as a layer that surrounds a location or a social sphere. Using simple and fragile materials it tries to detect what escapes the imaginary engine-room of an Institution – where does it draw its powers from? In addition to the auditory focus on the adaptive nature of sonic systems, it also seeks to address the question of spatial presence and explore the different qualities of exposure to unfamiliar elements.
Paul Gründorfer works across conceptual and process art, site-specific interventions, sound sculpture, and performance. He develops process-related systems and explores variable or unstable conditions through amplification, feedback, and plural signal streams. His work treats sound as a found object within social and environmental contexts, examining system instability, the interplay of control and reaction, and the mechanisms of hidden or emergent signals.
