Sill is about the immediate future, the moment just within our grasp, and the serenity of lingering consciously within that. It is made of split tulipwood, cleaved like an opened book, to reveal a mirrored grain along its upright sides. Embedded within the flaws of the wood are small, symbolic offerings: stones, wax, honey, all items historically used to bless or protect the home and memory.

This practice recalls a Jewish tradition of burying objects beneath the threshold, a gesture of safeguarding and sanctifying the home. In 2 Chronicles 23:4, priests are instructed to "keep watch of the doors”.  Visitors are invited to walk through this modest frame, becoming conscious of their own passage. Above, thin metal rods hold small texts printed on paper. Visitors may take one and walk with it. Each sheet offers a quiet meditation; a route through and around Kunsthaus Dahlem, flattening the hierarchies and histories into characters that include the air, the dust, the walls and the ceiling. In walking, each person becomes both bearer and participant, performing the threshold.

In a hyperaccellerated world, Sill invites stillness within motion, and attention within transition. It is a space to linger, quietly aware, before crossing into what comes next.

Performance photographs by Yevheniia Havrylenko