Simple recording of a complex music event for a large group of individual musicians and interactive audience

The playlist contains two documentations from two performance of "Listening Automat" at the HfKDM in Frankfurt for the Nacht der Neuen Music 2019. 


composition, concept and instructions: by David Helbich & Holly Gramazio 
set by Rosario Talevi

"Follow the instruction on the other side of this card, then exchange it for a new card or swap with another player. Play and listen for as long as you’d like."

Listening Automate is a contemporary sound&listening concept for preferably public spaces, where spread out musicians meet spontaneous audiences and random passer-byes. 
 
The work took place in

   - Frankfurt, Opernplatz/Alte Oper, Playsonic Festival, 2018 (with Ensemble Modern)
    - London, Somerset House, Now Play This festival, 2018
   -  Frankfurt, HfMDK, Neue Musik Nacht, 2019

 
The work is inspired by contemporary music, deep listening and game design.

It has mainly two aspects:

1. an improvisation concept for the musicians, consisting of a circular sonic movement (tones are send around in circles and are taken over from each other) and reactive sound and performance events.

2. a set of approx. 50 game cards that are given to passer-byes, bystanders and invited listeners. The audiences are invited to join "the game" with the tasks written on the cards or, in case they are done or don’t like them, exchange them with cards by others. 


More info about the concept:
http://davidhelbich.blogspot.com/2019/04/listening-automat-inverted-opera.html

Listening Automat (former Inverted Opera)

190430 HfKDM Frankfurt 2ndPerformance

190430 HfKDM Frankfurt 1stPerformance

David Helbich (1973 Berlin) Works since 2002 in Brussels as conceptual artist in the fields of composition, acoustics, performance, events, art books, public space interventions and installations.

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