- Visual Art
- Installation
- Digital Art
The Awakening of the Dragon
Simono
27 June 2025 19:00–23:59
28 June 2025 14:00–23:59
29 June 2025 12:00–16:00
The awakening of the dragon -
a dragon work in the Prachtwerk
In my multi-part geometric standing object in the style of Japanese patterns, a handmade copy of the Hokusai* woodcut of a dragon, a Ki-created dragon label, an engraved depiction of a dragon by Albrecht Dürer and my own dragon drawing all wrestle for meaning. The depictions on tracing paper are illuminated with flickering, glowing light, while the dragon engraved on wood by Dürer appears to be fleeing from the formation.
Can a fantasy creature based on a fable be faked, when the fable itself is already fake? So the fake itself is nothing new. Fairy tales and fables have a function, are intended to scare and frighten and influence people. Even children are confronted with fakes: Santa Claus, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. In the 1970s, a standard work of journalism by the author Harry Pross stated: “Most news is false.”.
The dragon in the German legends is killed. He who kills reaps fame and honor. Meanwhile, in Chinese and Japanese culture, the dragon can certainly appear as a positive Charakter.
Where does the encounter between these dragons lead, is it a fight or do they just want to play? Is there coexistence or must there, should there be a winner? Is there good and real versus fake and counterfeit? And how much differentiation in information can a human being withstand? And is AI creeping into our lives as a Trojan horse? My work raises the question of original and copy, of the ethics of new, partly media-collective creativity, of intellectual property, truth, cultural identity and the transparency of sources.
A specially developed soundtrack, based on taiko sounds, percussion and gong
can be played via headphones. The audience is asked to use there own headphones and cell phone.
a dragon work in the Prachtwerk
In my multi-part geometric standing object in the style of Japanese patterns, a handmade copy of the Hokusai* woodcut of a dragon, a Ki-created dragon label, an engraved depiction of a dragon by Albrecht Dürer and my own dragon drawing all wrestle for meaning. The depictions on tracing paper are illuminated with flickering, glowing light, while the dragon engraved on wood by Dürer appears to be fleeing from the formation.
Can a fantasy creature based on a fable be faked, when the fable itself is already fake? So the fake itself is nothing new. Fairy tales and fables have a function, are intended to scare and frighten and influence people. Even children are confronted with fakes: Santa Claus, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. In the 1970s, a standard work of journalism by the author Harry Pross stated: “Most news is false.”.
The dragon in the German legends is killed. He who kills reaps fame and honor. Meanwhile, in Chinese and Japanese culture, the dragon can certainly appear as a positive Charakter.
Where does the encounter between these dragons lead, is it a fight or do they just want to play? Is there coexistence or must there, should there be a winner? Is there good and real versus fake and counterfeit? And how much differentiation in information can a human being withstand? And is AI creeping into our lives as a Trojan horse? My work raises the question of original and copy, of the ethics of new, partly media-collective creativity, of intellectual property, truth, cultural identity and the transparency of sources.
A specially developed soundtrack, based on taiko sounds, percussion and gong
can be played via headphones. The audience is asked to use there own headphones and cell phone.
Biography
Simono
The subject of Simono's work is the close relationship between image and reality, between authenticity and copy and illusion. “We want substitutes for everything, but we want to be irreplaceable.”
Influenced by several years of Japanese drumming (Taiko) and a trip to Japan in 2023, Simono presents a 5-part work: a screen that plays with original, copy and fake, showing great respect for Japanese and European cultural achievements.
Simono works with a focus on the figure, anatomy, sound and audiovisual coding. She is also the author of short texts on topics such as organ donation and social dependency. Her techniques are drawing, object, lasercut and audiovisual media.
She lives and works in Neukölln.
Homepage: simono.de
Influenced by several years of Japanese drumming (Taiko) and a trip to Japan in 2023, Simono presents a 5-part work: a screen that plays with original, copy and fake, showing great respect for Japanese and European cultural achievements.
Simono works with a focus on the figure, anatomy, sound and audiovisual coding. She is also the author of short texts on topics such as organ donation and social dependency. Her techniques are drawing, object, lasercut and audiovisual media.
She lives and works in Neukölln.
Homepage: simono.de
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