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khm: Life in space and time

reserach and lecture

2011|9|4, the aerial relay station CCTV 01 developed by Karl-Heinz Mauermann recorded the opening of Situatives Brachland Museum. Here, not only mere space-/time-co-ordinates were collected,  but additional social, socio-economic and psycho-social information as well. Within the vast project [raumzeitmaschine], Mauermann for a number of years has been constructing relay stations and collecting information on facts and their inter-relation.

After evaluating these data, Mauermann currently decided to expand this work by conducting a twelve-months field research project life in space and time on site. »The panspermium hypothesis postulates the long-distance migration of primitive forms of life through the universe, thus implanting the germs of life on earth. Its proponents hereby try to counter the contradiction they perceive between life's high complexity on one hand, and the relatively short period of time of its evolution." [source: wikipedia] This theory is highly controversial.

Matthias Schamp and Steffen Schlichter, founders of Situatives Brachlandmuseum, invited Karl-Heinz Mauermann as a special guest at the fence. Mauermann will simulate and examine the panspermium theory by means of a sling and specially prepared clay balls.

Matthias Schamp, one of the founders of Situatives Brachlandmuseum, (center) assists Mauermann in throwing clay balls impregnated with plant seed onto the area. At the same time, Markus Zaja (right) plays growth-stimulating sounds on his saxophone.

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