Radikal Unsicht - Centre for Collective Learning and Radical Listening, Hamburg

ACT 2: INSTRUMENATURE

MAY 12 - 17, 2015

WORKSHOP
PUBLIC LECTURE EXHIBITION:
RAGNHILD MAY (DK)

KRISTOFFER RAASTED (DK)

PERFORMANCE:

ANN-KATHRIN QUEDNAU
GREGORY BÜTTNER
UMULIGT INSTRUMENT

Most musical instruments are constructed as extensions of the human body, enabling the human to perform certain sounds that it otherwise wouldn’t be able to produce. The instrument is so to say expanding what is naturally possible for the human. Consequently the instrument is often constructed with regards to the scale and structure of the human body - as a kind of prothesis.

The human has the ability to operate and play the instrument. Yet, in order to “master” an instrument one needs to train and discipline one’s body. An exercise that requires human nature to adapt to the nature of the instru- ment.

What characterizes the relationship between the body and the instrument? What happens when the instrument exceeds human scale, e.g. when it is able to play itself without the presence or influence of human beings? Or when the composition runs 10 times longer than an average human life.

Instrumenature will be a practical and artistic investigation of the musi- cal instrument in relation to the body. We will explore the sculptural and auditive qualities of the instrument in relation to the human body. We will investigate the possibilities and limits of musical instruments, and build our own. We will shape materials and construct instruments for human beings and beyond. Finally we will unite with our creations and send out sonic sculptures into our surroundings. Sounds and shapes that didn’t exist in this space before.

PROGRAM
ACT 2: INSTRUMENATURE
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VERNISSAGE / EXHIBITION / PERFORMANCES / BOOK RELEASE
Friday May 15th 2015
20.00 - 24.00 (Starting on-time!)

PUBLIC LECTURE / ARTIST TALK:
Tuesday May 12nd 2015
18.00 - 21.00

Ragnhild May and Kristoffer Raasted will present their artistic work, and give a lecture on the history of instruments. Finally they will introduce us to the workshop project: "Instrumenature".

PERFORMANCE: "UMULIGT INSTRUMENT"
Wednesday May 13nd 2015
21:00 - 21.00

(In der Hörbar Brigittenstraße 5, Hamburg)
Eintritt: 6 Euro

EXHIBITION
Saturday and Sunday
May 16th - 17th 2015
12.00 - 18.00
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WORKSHOP DAY 1
Wednesday May 13th 2015
16.00 - 21.00

UMULIGT INSTRUMENT
Performing in Hörbar - Brigittenstraße

WORKSHOP DAY 2
Thursday May 14th 2015
16.00 - 21.00

WORKSHOP DAY 3
Friday May 15th 2015
14.00 - 20.00

SIGN UP FOR THE WORKSHOP NOW!

Max. Participants: 12 persons
Price: Free (You might have to pay for your own materials)
Place: Raum Linksrechts in Gängeviertel, Valentinskamp 37, Hamburg

Deadline: 7th of May 2015.

Sign up for the workshop by sending an email to:
workshop (a) unsichtbar.net

1. ACT: VOICENSE MARCH 24 - APRIL 5 / 2015 WORKSHOP: "VOICENSE" SIGNE SCHMIDT KJØLNER HANSEN HANNIBAL ANDERSEN INSTALLATION: JULIA BONN + LOUISE VIND NIELSEN EXHIBITION: TOMMA BROOK ANNA MIEVES Language and the body have the voice in common. The voice exceeds the humanness of language, and propagates as sounds in the surroundings. The voice can be a private sound, or a collective language. How do things turn into words, to sentences, to stories? And inversely? What can be found on the way from the comprehensible word to the unintelligible sound? What is left in the voice after the disappearance of semantics (the meaning of the words)? And what happens in the meeting between the semantically satiated voices and the acoustic answer from the surroundings? kha = ‘pfui’, etc. We will explore the nearby surroundings of the area around the workshop-place through our senses, language and voices. Impressions from the local area shapes the raw foundation for an experiment, that revolves around drawing word-like abstractions out of the actual surroundings. The stories of the place will then be processed with sound poetry, via repetition, modulation, permutation, harmony and other methods, with the purpose of dissolving their meanings and hierarchies. Finally they will be returned, via the voice, performatively and/or electroacoustically, as aural objects to the surroundings from where they came. GALLERY ACT 1: VOICENSE _______________________________________________________ 25.03.2015 WORKSHOP DAY 1 - THE PSEUDO SAUSSAURIAN NEGATIVITY MACHINE An experiment based on the ideas of linguistic Saussaures theories on how meanings of language is understood through differences, or through what things are not! We were experimenting with deconstructions of language and the meaning of words through "positive" and "negative" explanations of what we encountered in the city. In the evening the workshop participant developed and showed performances inspired by the experiments. 26.03.2015 WORKSHOP DAY 2 - "ECHOLALIA" Based on the experiment from 1974 by Nancy Holt and Richard Serra, we investigated how perception and understanding of speech and language changes when one is exposed to an echo of ones own voice. In the Echolalia-experiment the workshop participants worked together in groups of two. Via mobile phone the first person explains what they see, through colors, shapes and movements. The second person imidiately repeats what the first person says. The workshop participant developed and showed performances inspired by the experiments. 27.03.2015 WORKSHOP DAY 3 - CHE BELLA PAROLA! The title of the experiment is inspired by the story of an Italian army on a mission. When encountering the enemy the sergeant orders the soldiers to attack: "Soldiers attack!" Nothing happens. The sergeant shouts again louder: "Soldiers attack!" Again nothing happens. Once more the sergeant shouts, this time even louder: "Soldiers attack!" Still nothing happens, until a soldier shouts back:" What a nice voice!" The experiment focusses on the aesthetics of language rather than the meaning of the words. We went to the botanical garten in Planten un Blumen and wrote down the latin names of the plants. The workshop participant wrote down the names of the plants, tasting the sounds of the words and were leading dialogues with each other only using the names of the plants. They formed a choir only using the phonetics, and finally the workshop participant developed and showed performances inspired by these experiments. Louise Vind Nielsen: YOUR WEIGHT IN OUTER SPACE Julia Bonn originally installed this piece as a "SPACE FOR SCREAMING - SPACE FOR ALTERNATIVE ACOUSTIC PERCEPTIONS" (Gallerie Speck, 2010) - A room in which you can let your inner voice out without restrictions and consequences. In the installation at Radikal Unsichtbar Louise Vind Nielsen re-defines and reverses the installation by letting the amplified sounds from the street outside into the dark room, in order to create an intense experience of listening to the city, without the abstraction of and confrontation with visuality and the bodies of others. TOMMA BROOK + ANNA MIEVES The Hamburg-based artists Tomma Brook and Anna Mieves was invited to translate the process of language and dialogue into material and objects. 27.03.2015 Tomma Brook and Anna Mieves preparing their dough sculpture. 29.03.2015 The Voicense-workshop by Signe Schmidt Kjølner Hansen and Hannibal Andersen is presented through videos documenting the process and models illustrating the methods of our experiments. 24.03.2015 Public Lecture / Artist talk by Hannibal Andersen and Signe Schmidt Kjølner Hansen. Introduction to Radikal Unsichtbar by Louise Vind Nielsen 23.03.2015 Tomma Brook and Anna Mieves preparing their dough sculpture. 23.03.2015 Hannibal Andersen and Signe Schmidt Kjølner Hansen preparing for the public lecture and workshop: VOICENSE.. 23.03.2015 Sneak peek from the exhibition by Tomma Brook and Anna Mieves. 21.03.2015 The book / catalogue for Radikal Unsichtbar is going to be beautiful! Don't forget to bring cash. (10-15 € / Book - For all 6 ACTS) 19.03.2015 Sneak peek from todays construction of the sound installation originally by Julia Bonn / Re-constructed and re-defined by Louise Vind Nielsen. 19.03.2015 Sneak peek from todays construction of the sound installation originally by Julia Bonn / Re-constructed and re-defined by Louise Vind Nielsen. 19.03.2015 Sneak peek from todays construction of the sound installation originally by Julia Bonn / Re-constructed and re-defined by Louise Vind Nielsen. QUESTIONS FOR THE ARTISTS() _______________________________________________________ PLEASE EXPLAIN ME SHORTLY WHAT YOU DO?* HOW DO YOU WORK? HOW DO YOU RELATE TO SOUND IN YOUR WORK? WHEN AND HOW DID YOU GAIN INTEREST IN SOUND? HOW DO YOU RELATE TO THE ACT OF LISTENING IN YOUR WORK? WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PRODUCTION OF SOUND AND THE ACT OF LISTENING? HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW SOUND "WORKS"? HOW DO YOU RELATE TO MATERIALITY IN YOUR WORK? HOW DO YOU RELATE TO VISUALITY IN YOUR WORK? HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF "THE RADICAL"? HOW DO YOU RELATE TO THE "INVISIBILITY" OF SOUND? IS THE "INVISIBILITY" OF SOUND IN ANY WAY RADICAL? IN WHAT WAY? HOW DO YOU RELATE TO COLLECTIVITY? IS YOUR WORK IN ANY WAY RADICAL? IN WHAT WAY? RAUM LINKSRECHTS _______________________________________________________ Radikal Unsichtbar will take place in Raum Linksrechts in Gängeviertel, exhibition space for young local artists in Hamburg. Raum Linksrechts Valentinskamp 37 20355 Hamburg U-Bahn Station: "U2 - Gänsemarkt" Exit: Valentinskamp/Caffamachereiche (Photo: http://www.hamburg.de/image/4311150/4x3/690/518/99d8f20c3bd0612211c007470916a894/EB/raum-linksrechts-bild.jpg) (Photo: © Raum Linksrechts) THE PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY _______________________________________________________
CONTACT _______________________________________________________ Radikal Unsichtbar - Centre for Collective Learning and Radical Listening C/O Louise Vind Nielsen Valentinskamp 37 20355 Hamburg Germany +49 (0) 176 88532796 radikal (at) unsichtbar.net

1. ACT: VOICENSE

MARCH 24 - APRIL 5 / 2015

WORKSHOP: "VOICENSE"
SIGNE SCHMIDT KJØLNER HANSEN
HANNIBAL ANDERSEN

INSTALLATION:
JULIA BONN + LOUISE VIND NIELSEN

EXHIBITION:
TOMMA BROOK
ANNA MIEVES

Language and the body have the voice in common. The voice exceeds the humanness of language, and propagates as sounds in the surroundings. The voice can be a private sound, or a collective language. How do things turn into words, to sentences, to stories? And inversely? What can be found on the way from the comprehensible word to the unintelligible sound? What is left in the voice after the disappearance of semantics (the meaning of the words)? And what happens in the meeting between the semantically satiated voices and the acoustic answer from the surroundings?

kha = ‘pfui’, etc.

We will explore the nearby surroundings of the area around the workshop-place through our senses, language and voices. Impressions from the local area shapes the raw foundation for an experiment, that revolves around drawing word-like abstractions out of the actual surroundings. The stories of the place will then be processed with sound poetry, via repetition, modulation, permutation, harmony and other methods, with the purpose of dissolving their meanings and hierarchies. Finally they will be returned, via the voice, performatively and/or electroacoustically, as aural objects to the surroundings from where they came.

GALLERY
ACT 1: VOICENSE
_______________________________________________________

25.03.2015
WORKSHOP DAY 1 - THE PSEUDO SAUSSAURIAN NEGATIVITY MACHINE

An experiment based on the ideas of linguistic Saussaures theories on how meanings of language is understood through differences, or through what things are not! We were experimenting with deconstructions of language and the meaning of words through "positive" and "negative" explanations of what we encountered in the city. In the evening the workshop participant developed and showed performances inspired by the experiments.

26.03.2015
WORKSHOP DAY 2 - "ECHOLALIA"

Based on the experiment from 1974 by Nancy Holt and Richard Serra, we investigated how perception and understanding of speech and language changes when one is exposed to an echo of ones own voice. In the Echolalia-experiment the workshop participants worked together in groups of two. Via mobile phone the first person explains what they see, through colors, shapes and movements. The second person imidiately repeats what the first person says. The workshop participant developed and showed performances inspired by the experiments.

27.03.2015
WORKSHOP DAY 3 - CHE BELLA PAROLA!

The title of the experiment is inspired by the story of an Italian army on a mission. When encountering the enemy the sergeant orders the soldiers to attack: "Soldiers attack!" Nothing happens. The sergeant shouts again louder: "Soldiers attack!" Again nothing happens. Once more the sergeant shouts, this time even louder: "Soldiers attack!" Still nothing happens, until a soldier shouts back:" What a nice voice!"

The experiment focusses on the aesthetics of language rather than the meaning of the words. We went to the botanical garten in Planten un Blumen and wrote down the latin names of the plants. The workshop participant wrote down the names of the plants, tasting the sounds of the words and were leading dialogues with each other only using the names of the plants. They formed a choir only using the phonetics, and finally the workshop participant developed and showed performances inspired by these experiments.

Louise Vind Nielsen:
YOUR WEIGHT IN OUTER SPACE

Julia Bonn originally installed this piece as a "SPACE FOR SCREAMING - SPACE FOR ALTERNATIVE ACOUSTIC PERCEPTIONS" (Gallerie Speck, 2010) - A room in which you can let your inner voice out without restrictions and consequences.

In the installation at Radikal Unsichtbar Louise Vind Nielsen re-defines and reverses the installation by letting the amplified sounds from the street outside into the dark room, in order to create an intense experience of listening to the city, without the abstraction of and confrontation with visuality and the bodies of others.

TOMMA BROOK + ANNA MIEVES

The Hamburg-based artists Tomma Brook and Anna Mieves was invited to translate the process of language and dialogue into material and objects.

27.03.2015
Tomma Brook and Anna Mieves preparing their dough sculpture.

29.03.2015
The Voicense-workshop by Signe Schmidt Kjølner Hansen and Hannibal Andersen is presented through videos documenting the process and models illustrating the methods of our experiments.

24.03.2015
Public Lecture / Artist talk by Hannibal Andersen and Signe Schmidt Kjølner Hansen.
Introduction to Radikal Unsichtbar by Louise Vind Nielsen

23.03.2015
Tomma Brook and Anna Mieves preparing their dough sculpture.

23.03.2015
Hannibal Andersen and Signe Schmidt Kjølner Hansen preparing for the public lecture and workshop: VOICENSE..

23.03.2015
Sneak peek from the exhibition by Tomma Brook and Anna Mieves.

21.03.2015
The book / catalogue for Radikal Unsichtbar is going to be beautiful!
Don't forget to bring cash. (10-15 € / Book - For all 6 ACTS)

19.03.2015
Sneak peek from todays construction of the sound installation
originally by Julia Bonn / Re-constructed and re-defined by Louise Vind Nielsen.

QUESTIONS FOR THE ARTISTS(*)
_______________________________________________________

PLEASE EXPLAIN ME SHORTLY WHAT YOU DO?

HOW DO YOU WORK?

HOW DO YOU RELATE TO SOUND IN YOUR WORK?

WHEN AND HOW DID YOU GAIN INTEREST IN SOUND?

HOW DO YOU RELATE TO THE ACT OF LISTENING IN YOUR WORK?

WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PRODUCTION OF SOUND
AND THE ACT OF LISTENING?

HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW SOUND "WORKS"?

HOW DO YOU RELATE TO MATERIALITY IN YOUR WORK?

HOW DO YOU RELATE TO VISUALITY IN YOUR WORK?

HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF "THE RADICAL"?

HOW DO YOU RELATE TO THE "INVISIBILITY" OF SOUND?

IS THE "INVISIBILITY" OF SOUND IN ANY WAY RADICAL?
IN WHAT WAY?

HOW DO YOU RELATE TO COLLECTIVITY?

IS YOUR WORK IN ANY WAY RADICAL?
IN WHAT WAY?

RAUM LINKSRECHTS
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Radikal Unsichtbar will take place in Raum Linksrechts in Gängeviertel, exhibition space for young local artists in Hamburg.

Raum Linksrechts
Valentinskamp 37
20355 Hamburg

U-Bahn Station: "U2 - Gänsemarkt"
Exit: Valentinskamp/Caffamachereiche

(Photo: http://www.hamburg.de/image/4311150/4x3/690/518/99d8f20c3bd0612211c007470916a894/EB/raum-linksrechts-bild.jpg)

THE PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY
_______________________________________________________

CONTACT
_______________________________________________________

Radikal Unsichtbar - Centre for Collective Learning and Radical Listening
C/O Louise Vind Nielsen
Valentinskamp 37
20355 Hamburg
Germany

+49 (0) 176 88532796

radikal (at) unsichtbar.net