Interactive work of art on the market square: “Passepartout” is a thing of the past

The Holzkirchen maypole is traditionally naked again, its “dress” made of picture frames gone: the artists Sabine Schreiber and Matthias Erhardt have dismantled their installation “Passepartout” these days without a trace.

Still, something will stay.

Holzkirchen

- It was an ambitious project: On the initiative of the location promoter Eva-Maria Schmitz, the market community released the marketplace over the summer as a space for art in public spaces by regional artists. The interactive installation “Passepartout”, which opened in mid-August 2021, won a competition.

Stories from the place and the region, retold and recorded as audio files by the Holzkirchen dramaturge Sabine Schreiber, could be called up via QR code on the smartphone or read in brochures on site. The marketplace visitors were asked to be inspired by their own pictures or photos and to submit them in order to fill the picture frames of the installation with them, which should thus become a mirror of the soul of the place.

It only partially worked with the interaction: Although the audio files had good access numbers, Schreiber speaks of a high three-digit range.

“The big hit was the sunken castle at Kirchsee,” says Schreiber.

In fact, many could be seen scanning one of the QR codes with their smartphones to take a short stop at the benches or in the deckchairs on the market square, or leafing through the brochure there.

But there was almost no response in the form of creative work.

There was no creative response

"We are still not disappointed," emphasizes Schreiber nonetheless. During the dismantling, some passers-by had stated that they would have wanted to do something, but had not gotten around to it. “Maybe it was a little asking to go home from the marketplace, do something and then go back to the marketplace with it and put it in the mailbox. Maybe it works better if you can do something on site. ”But the feedback she got was all positive. She was even asked if the stories were not available on CD. “I was asked a lot about it, and only in a positive way,” says Schreiber. “That is probably filtered. In direct contact, people may not dare to express criticism. "

To the astonishment of the makers, “Passepartout” did not have to contend with vandalism at all.

“A single booklet has disappeared,” says Schreiber.

"The people of Holzkirchen handled it very carefully."

There are still stories to listen to and read

Now the frames have disappeared, almost all of them had to be disposed of.

"They were too battered by the freak weather in summer," explains Schreiber.

Even if the installation was designed to be ephemeral from the start, something will remain - the stories.

The seven stories, from the Wildschütz Jennerwein, the lion in the garden or the destructive conflagrations in town, are available to listen to and read on her website.

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