Thorsten Knaub

Do Not Listen To These Words installation view (detail)
Slade School of Art

Do Not Listen To These Words installation view (detail)
Slade School of Art

Do Not Listen To These Words installation view (detail)
Slade School of Art

Do Not Listen To These Words installation view (detail)
Slade School of Art

Do Not Listen To These Words (1997)
Four-channel video installation
Two monitors, two video projections
4 x DVD PAL 4:3, stereo, 5 mins.loops
Mini-DV Master

The audio/video installation Do Not Listen To These Words splits the sentence "Do not listen to these words" into four looped units. While listening to the fragmented audio samples, the viewer then slowly reassembles the sentence in his/her mind.