Diaspora Machine / Anatol Bogendorfer, Peter Androsch (AT)
The Diaspora Machine is dedicated to the phenomenon of scattering, diffusing, disseminating (διασπείρειν diaspeírein, strewing about). The gigantic spiral packet chutes in the former Postal Service logistics center on the grounds of Linz’s main train station stand like a pre-modern mechanical signal warning of these diasporas. As a huge organon, it distributes voices, sounds, light and objects that are smuggled in through channels with plenty of twists and turns, and arrive and dock at various places where they announce their presence.
credit: Martin Hieslmair