1 Room – 3 Aspects 

(2007) 

by Kurt Laurenz Theinert (projections), Alexandra Mahnke (dance) and Markus Birkle (guitar). They create and interpret a space with the tools of their respective arts, with light, movement and sound.

The three aspects in this multilayered audiovisual collaboration originate from a space – here, it’s the gallery space. For the listeners/viewers, themselves integral part of that same space, a special audiovisual room for perception opens up, and the three different aspects become deeper layer by layer.

The Visual Piano is a unique instrument, designed to create light graphics and moving images in space. It was developed and produced by light artist and photographer Kurt Laurenz Theinert, together with software programmers Roland Blach and Phillip Rahlenbeck. Theinert creates and projects these graphics live and in real time.

For Alexandra Mahnke, who holds a diploma in modern stage dance from the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen, dance is communication in space, a three-dimensional art beyond the classic stage situation. Her communication is with other dancers, with the audience, or, at this event, with additional light elements that define the shape of both body and space.

The guitar improvisations of Markus Birkle are the third aspect. If you already know his virtuoso soundscapes, accompanying silent movies like Nosferatu, and maybe also his playing with Die Fantastischen Vier or Netzer, you won’t need any explanations. To anyone else: this is the perfect opportunity to witness the audiovisual skills of an exceptional musician.

 

Source: Fluctuating Images

 

 

1 Room – 3 Aspects, real time, piano / organ, dance, Live Visuals

Reading

The Art of Projectionism (2007) by Frederick Baker (in German) sets out the principles behind his use of projectors in the film making process. He defines a projectionist school of filmmaking and media art. In this publication he also presented Ambient film, a surround experience that can be shown in specially developed cinemas. (Wikipedia)

Audio.Visual - On Visual Music and Related Media (2009) by Cornelia Lund and Holger Lund (Eds.) is divided into two sections: the first deals with the academic discussion on the subject of visual music; the second introduces contemporary paradigms of audio-visual praxis in brief presentations and contextualises them. Apart from being a guide in the historical sense, this new volume provides theoretical approaches to understanding and making visual music. (Fluctuating Images)

 

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