”Chains underwater freak me out“6th semester
DHBW Ravensburg
© 2024/09

Supervising lecturer:
* Florain Tscharf

Sounddesign:
Max Mager
The work ”Chains underwater freak me out“ addresses my fear of man-made objects underwater – ”submechanophobia“.
”Chains underwater freak me out“ consists, in part, of a repetitive video loop showing a chain hanging from top to bottom in front of a white background. The clear, sober depiction of the chain changes after a few seconds, as if the chain was suddenly submerged under water. This interplay between the chain in the air and under water lasts for about ten seconds and is looped.
The booklet, the second part of the installation, explains the specific state of fear and reflects on the personal confrontation with the phobia. The video loop plays with the limits and thresholds of the phobia.
The installation plays with the question of when the moment of fear occurs and what the thresholds of fear are.