Modular Organ System – Day 6

Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger

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Existing in the liminal space between installation, environment, performance and concert, »Modular Organ System« is a multi-part instrument built from numerous sound generating objects that can be controlled by computer. Using established and novel construction methods as well as traditional and unconventional materials such as ceramic, wood, and plastic, the system was created through collaborations between visual artists, organ builders, technologists and artisans. As much a sculptural installation as it is an instrument, the heterogeneous structure’s openly visible components reveal the intricacy and adaptability of its design – pipes, wind chests, air hoses, electromechanical components are laid bare in their striking physicality.

Playing on the concept of the organ as a proto-synthesizer, the platform interweaves contemporary electronic and instrumental music with organ traditions in hopes of expanding acoustic ranges and discovering new musical idioms. Musicians and composers of diverse practices have been invited to interact with the imposing instrument using various approaches. For six hours each day, the audience is invited to observe the processes of artists exploring its possibilities, sometimes with the intervention of other instruments. During this time, the presentation will alternate between various modes, ranging from sound installation to precomposed pieces to improvisational dialogues between the performing artists and the system.

The ambitious performance installation is the first of a three-part series conceived and produced by singuhr-projekte, titled Modular Music, which offers models for new forms of sound and art production across genre and medium.

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Presented by singuhr-projekte in collaboration with CTM Festival.

Assistant: Valeria Baudo 
Objects: Nico Ihlein
Light: Matthias Singer

Programming: Stefan Doepner, Daniel van den Eijkel, Sukandar Kartadinata
Technical support: sculptureberlin
Technical Direction: Steffen Wolf

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
Special thanks to : Hanna Schwarz, Clemens Sulz 

Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, and the Coproduction Fund of the Berlin Senate for Culture and Europe. The contribution of Nico Ihlein was realised thanks to the support of by the Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V within the programme »NEUSTART für Bildende Künstlerinnen und Künstler« with funding of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) through the NEUSTART KULTUR programme.