Csaba Nemes

ARTWORK

installation art / video art

closed-circuit / multi-channel / still image / video installation

1991

Two friends are sentenced to death, although the emperor is sure that they are innocent. As he wishes to save them, but cannot prove their innocence, he orders that a long rope be stretched across a river; he who manages to cross the river will be set free. The first succeeds, when the second man's turn comes, he asks: Tell me, how did you manage this dangerous crossing? His friend replies: As soon as I felt that I was leaning to one side, I quickly leant to the other side. The essence is not to forget even for a moment, that we walk on a tightrope and it is a matter of life.
The real path is a rope-course, which is not stretched high above, but rather just above the ground. As we can see, it was not designated for walking on, rather for stumbling on.

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