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Press Release
220v Electro Clips
The Party Effect
- This document is also available in Dutch.
- by:
- Christian Möller (Ger), with P. Kuhlmann (Ger) and L. P. Demers (CND)
- Organisation:
- V2_Organisatie, Rotterdam, tel. +31.10 - 4046427
- Contact:
- Marc Thelosen / Alex Adriaansens / Mart van Bree
- Location:
- Museumpark Rotterdam
- Dates:
- Friday night, August 11th, from 21.30
Saturday and Sunday, August 12th and 13th, from 12.00 h - 23.30 h
- Admission:
- Free
- Opening:
- Friday, August 11th, 21.30 h with performance by Arthur Elsenaar at 22.00 h
As part of the Rotterdam Summer Festival 1995, V2_Organisatie and ARCHIMEDIA from Linz (A) will be presenting 220V ELECTRO CLIPS - The Party Effect, on August 11th, 12th and 13th.
220V ELECTRO CLIPS is an artwork in which the audience can create a sound collage by moving through an enormous 3D sound and light sculpture in the Museumpark in Rotterdam.For the Museumpark, the German architect Christian Moeller has designed this sculpture which covers an area of 60 x 60 meters. From eight towers of 8 meters height, 96 light beams shine through the park. In the floor sensors record changes of light. By activating the sensors one generates radiosounds that are performed by loudspeakers in the park. It is as if one walks through the park with a gigantic ghettoblaster. A balanced sound choreography let the audio channels interfere and fade in and out under the influence of the audience moving through the light sculpture. Additionally, individual visitors can trigger instruments and various sounds through simple movements.
220V ELECTRO CLIPS is a 3D sound environment in which the audience can send sounds through the park. It is therefore also a soundenvironment of architectural dimensions in which the audience interacts with the environment.
The first ideas for this sculpture originated from a collaboration between Christian Moeller and the Frankfurt Ballet of William Forsyth. In 1994 Moeller, together with the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt and the first dancer of the Frankfurt Ballet, Stephen Galloway, developed the dance and music piece ELECTRO CLIPS, a performance in which the dancer similarly dances the sounds of a light sculpture of theatre size.
Christian Möller has a name both as a media artist and as a media architect. For the front of the Zeilgalerie in Frankfurt he designed a light installation which reacts to external factors like humidity, temperature and light. The front of the building is thus turned into a large display of light and color patterns.
In June 1995, Christian Moeller received a distinction at the Prix Ars Electronica 1995 in Linz, Austria, for the Frankfurt production of ELECTRO CLIPS. At present he is director of Archimedia, a centre for architecture and new media in Linz, Austria.During the opening night on Friday, August 11th, there will be a special performance by the Dutch artist Arthur Elsenaar. The sounds of a radiostation will control the muscles which determine Elsenaar's facial expressions.
For more information and/or photographic material, please contact:
Mart van Bree, Tel 010-404 6427 - Fax 010-412 8562 - e-mail:marct@v2.nl.This project has been made possible by: Rotterdam Zomerfestivals, Mondriaan Stichting, Goethe Instituut Rotterdam and Ampco ProRent.
V2_Organisatie
Eendrachtsstraat 10
3012 XLR Rotterdam
Vox +31 10 404 6427
Fax +31 10 412 8562
e-mail: v2@antenna.nl
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