This artwork creates a complete audio space with the viewpoint of the ornamental lake and the art centre. As if in the background and integrated to nature, it is an invitation to contemplation. The musical composition mixes into the surrounding sounds to such a point that one can no longer distinguish one from the other. The flowerpots could be confused with fruit or bird nests.

Catherine Nichols outlines “ Struck by this open-endedness, my mind involuntarily wanders back to the many titles of works by Julius delicately balancing upon the small word “for”: Concert for Two Empty Surfaces, Dance for Nine Columns, Music for this Building and the Square in Front of It, or, as in the case of the present exhibition, für den Blick nach unten (for the downward gaze). Julius makes work for things and not about things.

Extract from “A sound has no legs to stand on. Thinking about the work of Rolf Julius”, published in the exhibition catalogue Für den Blick nach unten 2007 on the occasion of the exhibition art Kunstraum, Potsdam.