Excerpt of the first piece of a series of split screen video scores for improvising ensembles, which I realized from October 2020 to April 2021 with a scholarship from "Musikfonds". Performed by 'EMN' at 'blurred edges' festival 2020.

Christoph Funabashi — guitar,  Kris Kuldkepp — double bass,  
Heiner Metzger — clarinet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8yaTbFTnS8

moving #1 (excerpt)

Excerpt of the concert installation TRANSMIT ME for trumpet, trombone, two double basses and several tin-can telephones. Recorded at blurred edges festival 2022 at Kraftwerk Bille in Hamburg.

Birgit Ulher - trumpet
Kris Kuldkepp - double bass
John Hughes - double bass
Felix Mayer - trombone, concept and composition

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TRANSMIT ME - excerpt

Excerpt of the performance at blurred edges festival 2023.
Performed by EMN (Christoph Funabashi - guitar, Heiner Metzger - clarinet, Felix Mayer - trombone) featuring Luise Volkmann - saxophone and Dong Zhou - violin and electronics.

"Draw a note" is a concept for collective composing developed in partnership with ensemble EMN, made possible by a grant from "Musikfonds" in late 2021. Inspired by the tradition of "drawing a number," this concept involves players and the audience writing down short musical material and instructions before rehearsals or performances. These new instructions are mixed with a selection from the ensemble's archive. Each player draws notes from a hat, determining the length of the performance based on the number of notes chosen.

Draw a note - EMN + Luise Volkmann & Dong Zhou

Binaural birthday song for the 50. anniversary of "Deutsches Phonomuseum" St. Georgen. Commissioned by "Kunstverein Global Forest" e.V.

Inside you

The small series Schalldose (soundbox) was created in the winter of 2021 during my residency at the Global Forest Kunstverein in St. Georgen in the Black Forest.
The work is based on the idea of an acoustic equivalent to the postcard and the medieval idea of the possibility of imprisoning sounds in vessels.

https://global-forest.com/jahresgaben/jahresgabe-felix-mayer

Schalldose

The short radio play Speicher (Storage) is based on two participatory sound installations of the same name, which were realized in March and August 2023 during a one-month residency at the Atelierhaus Dosenfabrik in Hamburg and a 10-day residency in Döschnitz, as part of the Thuringia International Building Exhibition. It explores various facets of village life, incorporating elements of nature, community dynamics, and individual eccentricities. The dialogue touches on themes such as the routine sounds of village life, the impact of global events, and the peculiarities of individuals within the community. Thematically and formally, the work deals with voice messages, which have become increasingly important as a form of communication in recent years and are beginning to replace the written word in some cases. Visitors and pedestrians were invited via an external tin can telephone box to record their own messages and thus intervene in the creative process.

Felix Mayer

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