Stifters Dinge - Video

"It could be perceived as an assemblage of schizophrenic machines following their own desire of production: A stone is endlessly dragged along an avenue of its own, producing the disappearance of its own materiality, stripped pianos produce music far from their usual functionality, objects that seem to be stuck in loops of actions without a purpose. In relation to Henri Michaux’ "schizophrenic table" one could call them dehumanized objects " nothing cozy about it, nothing ‘middle-class ,’ nothing rustic, nothing countrified , not a kitchen table or a work table. A table which lent itself to no function, self-protective, denying itself to service and communication alike." (Deleuze & Guattari, Anti-Oedipus)"