"The installation unfolds across the museum floor as a continuously changing landscape composed of spruce and pine cubes measuring 10 x 10 x 10 centimeters each. Twelve performers activate the work alongside visitors, stacking, carrying, dismantling, and rebuilding temporary architectural forms that gradually evolve into hills, towers, and communal structures."
"Every gesture alters the environment, creating an unstable spatial composition where construction and disappearance exist simultaneously. In this constantly transforming setting, Lapelytė reflects on the fragility of collective systems and the negotiations embedded within public space."
"Throughout the day, voices move through the Historic Hall in cycles of collective singing. The libretto draws from poems and writings by fifteen international authors spanning the early twentieth century to today, including Khalil Gibran, Etel Adnan, Forugh Farr."
Lina Lapelytė's installation, We Make Years Out of Hours, features 400,000 wooden cubes in Hamburger Bahnhof's Historic Hall. The participatory work encourages visitors to engage in building and singing, blurring the lines between sculpture and performance. Twelve performers assist in creating temporary structures that evolve throughout the exhibition. The installation reflects on collective systems and public space, questioning the roles of builders and laborers. Voices resonate in cycles of collective singing, drawing from diverse literary sources, enhancing the immersive experience until January 10th, 2027.
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