Stage: 18 x 15 meters

1. Melodiefragment

Dancer's base position

2. So lach doch mal (1)

[Screen 1]

3. So lach doch mal (2)

S I L E N C E  |  F R E E Z E

4. Ermanaric

I. Miserere

II. Autobiography (1858)

III. Versuch einer Selbstkritik

IV. Tristan Fragment

V. von Bülow's remark on Nietzsche's Manfred

VI. Parsifal Fragment

VII. Carmen - Habanera

VIII. Ecce Homo

5. Das zerbrochene Ringlein

[Screen 2]

6. So lach doch mal (3)

Michael's Lecture 1

7. Gebet an das Leben

8. Das Fragment an sich (loop)

8-b. Beethoven - Sturm sonata 3rd mvt.

Michael's Lecture 2

Screen

Table

Sequence of Events:

0. Stage | Objects

 1. Grand Piano

 2. Two projection screens

 3. Two tables (each with: 1 abat-jour, 1 micro, 1 chair)

 4. Lights:

     — one "corridor of light" along the "piano-line"

     — one "circle of light" along the "dance-circle"

 5. Loudspeakers

Juan | live-electronics

(Juan 1). Melodiefragment, looped, very fast and high, gradually becoming lower and slower

Paulo | Piano-line (Station 1)

(Paulo 1). Melodiefragment

Choir | Screens: 

1. Video. Miserere

Dancer | On the circle: 

1. Starts moving in "swimming-mode" (counter-clock wise).

Valentin | Screens: 

(Valentin 1). Video. Excerpt from Autobiography 1858.

Audio recording | Loudspeakers: 

           Audio. Bach or Haendel

Paulo | Piano-line (Station 2):

(Paulo 2). So lach doch mal (1)

Valentin | Screens:

2. Video. Versuch eine Selbstkritik. From Preface to BT, 1886.

Paulo | Piano-line (Station 3):

(Paulo 3). So lach doch mal (2)

Michael | Tables & live-stream  

(Michael 1). Michael’s lecture (1): Foundations of Artistic Research — A Science of the Future

Paulo | Piano-line (Station 4)

 (Paulo 4). Ermanarich

Audio recording | Loudspeakers:  

           Wagner. Parsifal (fragment)

Paulo | Piano-line (Station 5)

 (Paulo 5). Manfred Meditation (four hands)

Audio/Video recording | Screens & loudspeakers:  

          Wagner. Parsifal (Prelude, violin solo)

Valentin | Screens & Paulo (Station 6):

(Paulo 6). Das zerbrochene Ringlein (piano solo)

(Valentin 3). Video. Das zerbrochene Ringlein (whole piece with voice)

Dancer | On the circle: 

2. Starts moving in "dancing-mode" (counter-clock wise).

Paulo | Piano-line (Station 7)

(Paulo 7). So lach doch mal (3)

Valentin | Screens & Paulo (Station 8)

(Paulo 8). Gebet an das Leben (mit Gesang) — [Fragmente]

Michael | Tables & live-stream  

(Michael 2). Lecture: Hölderlin

Paulo | Piano-line (Station 9)

(Paulo 9). Beethoven (Sturm)

10. Das Fragment an sich

Valentin | Screens:

(Valentin 5). Video. Ecce Homo, Vorrede.

Paulo | Piano-line (Station 10)

(Paulo 10). Das Fragment an sich

Juan | live-electronics

(Juan 2). Over-riding Paulo’s playing with electronic fragment remix of “Fragment an sich”, louder and louder (compressed versions) – end in abrupt silence

Basic Materials:

Paulo | Line (with points/stations):

1. Melodiefragment

2. So lach doch mal (1)

3. So lach doch mal (2)

4. Ermanarich

5. Manfred Meditation (four hands)

6. Das zerbrochene Ringlein (mit Gesang)

7. So lach doch mal (3)

8. Gebet an das Leben (mit Gesang) — [Fragmente]

9. Beethoven (Sturm)

10. Das Fragment an sich

Valentin | Screens: 

1. Video. Excerpt from Autobiography 1858.

2. Video. Versuch eine Selbstkritik. From Preface to BT, 1886.

3. Video. Das zerbrochene Ringlein (whole piece with voice) Valentin.

4. Gebet an das Leben.

5. Video. Ecce Homo, Vorrede.

Michael | Tables & live-stream  

1. Michael’s lecture (1): Foundations of Artistic Research — A Science of the Future

2. Michael’s lecture (1): Hölderlin

Paulo | Circle

1. Paulo’s lecture: Nietzsche’s Music (On the tension between Nietzsche’s music and philosophy).

Dancer | On the big circle

           1. Swimming

            2. Dancing

Juan | live-electronics

 1. Melodiefragment, looped, very fast and high, gradually becoming lower and slower

 2. Over-riding Paulo’s playing with electronic fragment remix of “Fragment an sich”, louder and louder (compressed versions) – end in abrupt silence

Technicalities & Things:

— Grand Piano (with wheels mounted) 

— 2 screens, minimum 3 meters high (ratio 4:3)

— 2 projectors (min. 2.000 lumen)

— 2 tables (each with one abat-jour, microphone, and chair)

— Loudspeakers (? ask Juan)

— Lights ?

Basic Elements:

MUSIC

— Music live (Nietzsche, Beethoven). Paulo.

— Music pre-recorded (Nietzsche, Bach, Wagner). Valentin, Paulo, Musa Horti.

— Live-electronics (on Nietzsche). Juan.

TEXT

— Texts live (Schwab). Michael.

— Texts pre-recorded (Nietzsche). Valentin.

DANCE

— Dance live. Marlene.

Durations 2015-09-08

TIMELINE 26.10.2015