Monologue of two machines

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An attempt to transcribe a monologue between two machines that is not possible to hear. Monologue. Monologue? Two machines, one machine, two lights, one conversation, one monologue. Two constructs, one construct.

One table, one situation, people as foreign bodies that immerse themselves in the light of the machines. Anthropomorphism, in motion, reactions, very understandable to people. Machines as species? Who speaks with whom here? Why are we able to hear it at all? We do not hear it, it is an inner monologue, we are ascribing an internal space, a language to the machines.

We should actually only see wavelengths, the movement is organic, gentle, only becoming faster and more direct when confounding factors arise. Human beings are irrelevant, yet they interfere with the inner monologue, these two arms, two light fixtures, two constructs, one construct.
Let’s go, let’s not disturb them.

_{Text - Karin Lingnau}

Jasper Diekamp (b. 1982) studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne under Dieter Jung, David Larcher, and Raimund Krumme and graduated in 2010 in the Media Arts program. In parallel, he developed his work in lighting and scenography, which he continues to pursue in numerous productions to this day. An intensive engagement with different materials, media, and design forms, as well as continuously further evolving his interdisciplinary competencies are the central elements of his artistic work.