Aus dem Maschinenraum - - - Konzertinstallation für Lautsprecher, Live-Elektronik, Cello und Bassklarinette, mit Fieldrecordings, Interviewfragmenten, Videoprojektionen

"From the engine room" on board the MS Heimatland aka Galerie Hošek Contemporary - is an immersive concert installation, developed from intensive research and examination of the sound characteristics of the combustion engine.

Sounds of historic truck engines, a Rhine ship engine, diesel locomotives, Lamborghini and Trabbi are combined with live electronics, cello and bass clarinet, video feed and live overhead projections. Enhanced with snippets of conversation from interviews with specialists and vehicle enthusiasts, which reveal an intimate relationship between man and machine, the evening comes together to form a swan song to the combustion engine. (english version below)

with:

Ulrike Ruf | concept, composition, cello

Heidrun Schramm | composition, live electronics

Florian Bergmann | bass clarinet

Nicolas Wiese | video, live overhead projections

Carlo Grippa | Sound

Fabian Bleisch | Light

The concert is part of the Month of Contemporary Music Berlin. www.field-notes.berlin

Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion

Media partner: Digital in Berlin

"From the engine room" on board the MS Heimatland aka Gallery Hošek Contemporary - is an immersive concert installation, developed from intensive research and the examination of the sound characteristics of the combustion engine.

Sounds from historic lorry engines, a Rhine ship engine, diesel locomotives, Lamborghinis and Trabbi cars etc. were combined with live electronics, cello and bass clarinet, video and live overhead projections. Enhanced with snippets of conversations from interviews with specialists and vehicle enthusiasts, which reveal an intimate relationship between man and machine, the evening unites to form a swan song to the combustion engine.