16h00 Time scale
1h00

Hours

The : Sunday 13 March 2022 from 16h00 to 17h00

Kalas Liebfried : "Circulation et Extinction" feat. Rozenn le Trionnaire (clarinette)

Sound performance in resonance to  Joseph Beuys. Ligne à ligne, feuille à feuille

 

Circulation et Extinction will be staged as an interactive sound performance for solo clarinet and bird whistle in resonance to the exhibition Joseph Beuys. Ligne à ligne, feuille à feuille. The performance deals with the extinction of endangered bird species and the silencing of numerous natural habitats as an expected result of this ecological disaster. A field of tension is created between the circulation and extinction of sounds, in which each individual can see itself as a dynamic unit.

All visitors will receive a ceramic pipe filled with water as well as an instruction manual. The manual encourages sound interaction - both with the other visitors and with a clarinettist performing a choreography through the exhibition. Between the individual movements, space is created for interaction and performative gestures: A chorus of bird whistles rises up and creates the image of a dissonantly vibrating forest.

 

Our forests will soon be immersed in silence
And wings will flap as an echo in our minds.
There ain’t no lek, no songs of victory,
No screeching in the bushes, no begging on the shore.

Leave your camouflage clothes in your closet.
There is no longer a reason to obscure your breath,
No reason to conceal your observing presence
in a swashbuckling wildlife scenario.

Blow your whistle, play a decent tune
But mind, there is nobody listening to your
Beep-beep-boom and your chat-cheep-chatter.
No responding kut-kut-kut or a joyful flutter.

 

 

KALAS LIEBFRIED

Kalas Liebfried (*1989 in Svishtov, Bulgaria) is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Munich, Germany. He studied sculpture and time-based media at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich and Philosophy at the LMU Munich. Central to his installations and performances is the exploration of the sculptural and socio-political potentials of sound. Liebfried is founder of PARA (non-label organisation for sound) and co-operates the independent art space Rosa Stern.

His works have been shown in solo presentations at the Goethe-Institut in Paris and Sofia and at the Nir Altman Gallery, among others; group exhibitions and performances at i.a. Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin), National Gallery (Sofia), Lenbachhaus (Munich), Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich) and Onassis Stegi (Athens). Recent awards include the project stipend from the Stiftung Kunstfonds and the Kulturpreis Bayern. In 2021 Kalas Liebfried published his first monograph Obscure Ambience (Edition Metzel). Since autumn 2021 he has been a guest lecturer at Munich’s Theatre Academy August Everding.

 

ROZENN LE TRIONNAIRE

A graduate of the Paris conservatoire and Royal Academy of London, Rozenn le Trionnaire is a keen exponent of contemporary music whose career is gaining recognition on both sides of the Channel.
Her performance as a soloist under the artistic direction of Susanna Mälkki at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (London) was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and she was hailed a “prodigiously gifted young clarinettist” (The Times) showing a “dynamic and fascinating” playing (MusicalCriticism.com)
Rozenn collaborated with Pierre Boulez. She recorded a chamber version of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and Debussy’s ‘Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune’ under the baton of Trevor Pinnock. She is a member of Ensemble Contraste and Multi-Story Orchestra.
Having studied with the likes of Richard Vieille, she has taught at King’s College University in London. She is regularly invited by the Paris conservatoire (CRR), the Royal Academy and gives masterclasses in China, Tunisia and Morocco.
Rozenn is kindly supported by Vandoren, Fondation de France and PRS foundation (UK). She has received the Leverhulme Trust and the Junge Ohren Preis (Germany).

 

This performance has received the support of the Goethe Institut Paris

 

 

20h30 Time scale
0h45

Hours

The : Thursday 28 September 2017 from 20h30 to 21h15

Betony étend la notion de bijou au corps tout entier et sans tabou.

Designer, “sexual anthropologist” and author of The Boudoir Bible, Betony Vernon is inspired by the body, the pleasures of the senses and by human sexuality.

The Boudoir Box, exhibited for the first time in Medusa- Jewelery and Taboos, is a luxury leather travel case containing thirty or more pieces of silver jewelery and objects designed for aesthetic as well as erotic effect.

On September 28th, Vernon’s latest work, the Theta Rig, will be presented.  It is the result of over 20 years of research on the effects of constraint and partial or total suspension on the human body and mind. The aim is to induce the Theta brainwave frequency state and its benefits via the horizontal suspension of her subject. This is maintained using leather straps that  are attached to a steel and bronze structure. As the state of abandonment advances, the subject’s brain  begins to emit the Theta brainwave frequency, which is also registered during trance, hypnosis, deep meditation, and even orgasm.

Theta Frequency Session #1 revisits bondage aesthetics. It is a physical experiment that also offers therapeutic properties. Indirectly, each member of the audience will also be able to experience the benefits.

 

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The duration of each session is approximately 25 minutes
Nodody will be allowed to enter the room after the beginning of a session
Pictures are going to be accepted but all eletronic devices must be on airplane mode to avoid any interference with the performance

16h30 Time scale
1h00

Hours

The : Saturday 21 January 2017 from 16h30 to 17h30

Dance performance of italian choreographer Valeria Apiccela, in the exhibition Carl Andre: Sculpture as place, 1958-2010.

 

Minimum Maximum is a poem of Carl Andre.

Minimum maximum.

This opposition tells a delicate thing about Carl Andre's thoughts and work.

It reveals to us this paradox which echo our feelings and senses.

 

What our bodies are feeling when facing a work of art ?

Work in a different set of scales this physical experience.

Becoming a child.

Becoming gigantic.

Becoming a monument.

Becoming yourself, this touch all works of art call and prohibit at the same time.