KLIEN: IM SATTEL DER ZEIT (Installation)

Program

• Volkmar Klien: Im Sattel der Zeit. Rauminstallation (2018–2020 UA)
  Auftrag Wien Modern, gefördert vom BMKÖS Aufnahme Zuspielung Klavier: Kaori Nishii

Cast

• Weiping Lin: Violine
• Lena Fankhauser: Viola
• Christine Gnigler: Blockflöte
• Alfred Melichar: Akkordeon
• Daniel Riegler: Posaune
• Markus Wallner: Klangregie
• Volkmar Klien: Elektronik

Im Sattel der Zeit (In the saddle of time) takes place in a labyrinth of paper walls which also function as speakers. In the beginning, there is the premiere of the composition of the same name, for ensemble and electronics by Volkmar Klien, which has not just the five musicians, but also the audience walking around the installation of paper wall speakers. The speaker membranes of the two-meter-high walls don’t grant an overview over the situation, but they do give the composer ample opportunity to play with them. He can use them to surround the audience, to layer sounds, to expand the instruments, to flood the room. A few volunteers from the audience will be instructed before the performance and will act as guides. On small radios, they receive instructions and lead the way for their groups. The performance leaves the speaker labyrinth transformed and demolished over large parts. The musicians and the audience cut paths through the paper walls, change the sound of things and leave behind a traversable installation that lets the performance resonate and that can still be visited in the following days at mumok. (Volkmar Klien)

Produktion Volkmar Klien
Koproduktion Wien Modern, mumok und Gerald Hanisch, ORF Ö1 Kunstradio

Produktion Volkmar Klien
Koproduktion Wien Modern, mumok und Gerald Hanisch, ORF Ö1 Kunstradio