Who or what is the Pader? Where does it begin, where does it end? How is it doing? And how can we think differently about the Pader - from a non-human perspective? Anne Duk Hee Jordan addresses these questions on the occasion of the exhibition series “Tatort Paderborn”.

In collaboration with researchers, experts from the region and a school class, she has created a complex work of art made up of four elements, using artistic and activist methods to explore the nature of the Pader: underwater sounds, recorded using underwater microphones and translated into sound compositions, make audible what is otherwise inaudible to us humans. Micro-recordings of the water of the Pader show animals that are invisible to us and are a key factor in the ecological balance of the river. With the support of the chemistry class, Anne Duk Hee Jordan created a “blood picture” of the Pader, which shows, for example, oxygen content and impurities.

A film, a record, two billboards and posters along the Pader make this artistic research tangible in different ways. This multi-part publication sees itself as a complementary element, documents the artistic research results and is itself part of the work.