Location: 12:16 3285', Open Playa
The installation is one man's story of a successful life becoming undone for no apparent reason. The story is not narrated but told through photographs and quotes.
The exhibit goes through four stages of his coping with his descent through psychotherapy, alcohol, working harder, sex, drugs, sports, getting outside. His efforts fail, ultimately he loses his tenuous hold on reality, and the story ends in despair and separation from society and the world.
The photos have quotes from literature thematically, but not directly related to the corresponding photo. His descent is witnessed by the hurdy gurdy man (the Leiermann), who symbolizes aloneness, social marginalization, and madness. The musical instrument will be available to try.