SUEX (Sustainability and Extinction) talks about Western Society: living a luxurious life at the expense of others, addressing consequences of exploitation people have to suffer from. We have to get conscious about our world in times of Climate Change affecting different issues. One of these issues is to get aware of origins in relation to mass consumption. SUEX mainly concentrates on exploitation concerning cheap human labour and the human being behind it. Which resources are used to enrich Western Society and lifestyle? SUEX looks at the word sustainability in its meaning of protecting and keeping things how they are; but also in addressing its opposite extinction and the necessity of destroying to create something new. It looks at consequences sustainability can cause, which can lead to extinction. SUEX is about our world in which we learned to ignore. It wants to find a way out of it, to not only start looking but also taking action to actively change situations and behaviour.

The presentation of SUEX: Basis is an aphorism in 16 sequences by the artist. The text is translated into Hebrew, Japanese and Noongar*. The text was recorded in each language, building the main sound. The four videos play simultaneously, speak to the viewer and try to get his attention in building a conversational atmosphere in confrontation to the viewer.
*Noongar - language of Indigenous Australians, southwest corner of Western Australia. Various dialects.

SUEX and its relation to previous work:
The new work body SUEX questions human-nature relations in a different way. Is previous work's aim to get consciously aware about what we do to us and nature, SUEX now leads the audience to actively change behaviour - from collecting to conserving, mass consumption (in any form) to viewing and observing details to get aware of origins; Irritation and a flood on information are now set against concise studies i.e. of a slow moving starfish or a road train - selectively showing the motion. SUEX forces the viewer to observe slow movements again rather than quickly consume and inhale mass information.

The whole project consists of 64 parts of High-Definition video including sound on Blu-Ray Disc.

The proposition of SUEX is a vital progression for Bello. Through the use of four sets of language SUEX relies upon definitive nature of communication structures to establish authorship and perspective whilst comparatively reducing the literalness of visual connotation. A more elaborate system of creating relationships with elements extends the idea into areas of thought which language (itself) is unable to penetrate. Four interconnected screens, four distinct languages, sound and image. Built upon a semantic contradiction, there is a reduction and an amplification occurring simultaneously with the work - it notes a considered development of this artists ongoing interrogation of temporal situations in art.
Dr. Peter Mudie, University of Western Australia, Perth 2008

ABOUT THE USE OF LANGUAGE AS A TOOL FOR SOUND-COMPOSITIONS
The artist uses language as a strong component for his sound compositions in relation to create a certain rhythm and effect. Bringing different languages together in a sound composition results in a specific sound experience. This can be done with any language and in any combination. Nevertheless some languages in their connection to each other are more attractive and reach a higher effectiveness. Bringing together various languages means for the artist to metaphorically connect certain cultures with each other. He makes people listen to languages other than their own, intending to cause discomfort and irritation within the viewer. Using language can either include or exclude the viewer, it can work as a tool to practice acceptance against other cultures in being confronted with own ignorance, personal and individual barriers.
One might understand English and a second language, but none of the three others, I used in SUEX. One might understand none of them well. One might just understand one of them. In very few cases one might understand more than two of these particular ones. And I am pretty sure no one will understand all of them. What I want to achieve is that the viewer accepts that he can't understand everything and that it doesn't really matter in the whole context. Most importantly he starts to listen to the sound, without judging himself or the voices he can or cannot understand.
bello benischauer, 2008

The viewer should get to the point where he listens to the whole composition as a composition of voices speaking in different languages and feeling comfortable not to understand each word/voice. The artist believes in the existence of a global under-standing beyond language skills that is able to connect people, no matter what language/s they speak themselves.

Conclusion for using language as a tool in SUEX:
SUEX talks about mass population and nature, about the variety of things on earth and its meanings in a global context. SUEX tries to make aware of the varieties that exist. Language in only one specific tool of communication, used by the artist to make aware of the limitations we face in understanding each other. The viewer is forced to search for a connection besides language skills. Starting to accept own limitations can open the viewer's mind and can - after confronting him with certain issues - lead to new insight and a positive experience.