19 — 23 + 26 — 30 January, 4-10 pm
silent green – Betonhalle
In co-operation with CTM Festival 2022
Programme:
19.01.: Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger
20.01.: Ellen Arkbro and Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger
21.01.: Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger
22.01.: Arnold Dreyblatt and Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger
23.01.: Brass Abacus and Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger
26.01.: Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger
27.01.: Will Guthrie and Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger
28.01.: Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger
29.01.: Kali Malone & Stephen O’Malley und Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger
30.01.: Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger
MODULAR MUSIC by singuhr – projekte presents three works in the liminal zone where concert, installation, environment and performance meet. All three works — two world premieres and one German premiere — are conceived as modular artistic platforms, which stand as prime examples for novel hybrid forms of music and art production that transcend boundaries and genres. Encompassing three different performance sites in Berlin, MODULAR MUSIC offers individually activated spaces, each with their own special characteristics, in which the audience becomes part of the staging. With the Modular Organ System, a joint project of Berlin artists Phillip Sollmann and Konrad Sprenger, MODULAR MUSIC will set out initially in January 2022 to trace contemporary currents in the world of experimental music (world premiere, silent green — Betonhalle, 19-30 January 2022), before presenting one of the most influential composers of our time in an innovative format, with Rebecca Saunders’ new work Myriad II – A Concert Installation (world premiere, Radialsystem, 3-12 March 2022), and, finally, paying homage to the historical roots of these interdisciplinary tendencies with a new interpretation of David Tudor's Rainforest IV (St. Elisabeth Church, 18-27 March 2022). Musicians, composers and sound artists from a wide range of genres, scenes and generations will be involved in the realisation of these unique projects.
The first project of the series — the Modular Organ System by Phillip Sollmann and Konrad Sprenger — will take place in co-operation with the CTM Festival 2022 in the Betonhalle (concrete hall) of silent green (Jan. 19-30, 2022). Since 2017 the two Berlin-based musicians and composers have been developing a modular, spatially expansive sound installation based on organ pipes that places the know-how of organ construction, the product of centuries of experience, into relation with contemporary concepts, technologies and materials. Thanks to the cooperation with the visual artist Nico Ihlein, objects made of papier-mâché and ceramics were created. For MODULAR MUSIC, the Modular Organ System will now be opened up to be experienced by a broad audience — situationally, for listeners/viewers to walk through, and performatively, through live performances and interventions. Diverse artists have been invited to collaborate in the scope of the installation for each exhibition day: Swedish composer and sound artist Ellen Arkbro, drummer and percussionist Will Guthrie, whose roots are in improvisation and free jazz, the composer, guitarist and label head Stephen O’Malley, together with electronic musician and organist Kali Malone, as well as composer and sound artist Arnold Dreyblatt and the newly formed brass ensemble Brass Abacus (featuring Robyn Hayward on tuba, Henrik Nørstebø on trombone and M.O. Abbott on bass trombone). Performative interventions in the installation will alternate between acts performed by Sollmann and Sprenger and actions by the invited artists. The programme will change on a daily basis. The sonorous acoustic qualities of the Concrete Hall at silent green serve both as backdrop and source of musical/sonic inspiration. Over the duration of the exhibition, the transitional periods between installation and performance will also remain open to visitors. Thus, the Modular Organ System will remain in operation over the entire running time of the presentations, as a large-scale creative laboratory, while continually alternating between installative and concert situations, repeatedly combining the two in new ways. Audience members will have the opportunity to attend the performative sound installation for a one-hour slot.
silent green – Betonhalle
Gerichtstraße 35
13347 Berlin
19.-23.01. + 26.-30.01.2022
16:00 - 22:00
Tickets (15/10 Euro) for every full hour
The 2G+ rule applies to all visitors. Strict adherence to the applicable hygiene and distance rules will be observed. Access to the exhibition is only permitted with FFP2-mask.
Organized by singuhr e.v.
Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation). Funded by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa.
In co-operation with CTM Festival 2022
With the kind support of silent green
Media partner: Digital in Berlin
Objects: Nico Ihlein
Tech Direction: Steffen Wolf
Light: Matthias Singer
Crew silent green: Jonas Hinz, Jonas Kimpel, Fabian Arat, Simon Vierboom
Recording: Kassian Troyer, Adam Asnan
Tech Assistance stage design/light: Jan Römer, Mike Klose
CTM Festival Team: Amelie Lil, Birgit Voigt, Joan Lee, Karen Grzemba, Taica Replansky, Veit Gebhardt
Support Modular Organ System:
Assistant: Valeria Baudo
Programming: Stefan Doepner, Daniel van den Eijkel, Sukandar Kartadinata
Technical support: sculptureberlin
Special thanks to Hanna Schwarz, Clemens Sulz
Funded by the
German Federal Cultural Foundation
Funded by the Federal Government
Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Funded by
In co-operation with
With support by
Media partner
Tech Partner Modular Organ System
The contribution by Nico Ihlein was realized thanks to the support of the Deutscher Künstlerbund.
