In 2008, Julian Göthe—an artist, DJ, and long-time set designer for animated and live-action films—developed a group of sculptures for the Nationaltheater and the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich titled Voices from the Off: larger than life-sized, swelling bodies with round and notably sharp-edged limbs that stand on stable legs. The black-lacquered surfaces, on which the light refracts, shine dimly. They evoke associations with muscular bodies, as well as with designer furniture; they oscillate—according to Göthe—between “a monumentally serious effect and parody” and transform the space into a stage, on which they confront the viewer.