Grand Snail Tour - Ausstrahlen in Lünen

In the organizer's words:

The American pianist, composer, conductor and artist Ari Benjamin Meyers transforms the trailer of the Grand Snail Tour into a mobile radio station. In collaboration with students from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and passers-by, he will broadcast into the city, about the city and from the city. Originally trained as an opera conductor and composer, Meyers explores the forms of performance, production and perception of music in his work. Many of his compositions take place in locations atypical for music events, in the context of exhibitions, in soccer stadiums and in public spaces.

An essential component of the tour is a - gradually expanding - pool of works by (international) artists, which are individually presented and exhibited, but above all actually used. They shine from afar, provide warmth or protection from the rain, invite people to linger, exchange ideas and engage in discussion - and much more.

Based on local newspapers and supplements from the region, which are sent to the author Lütfiye Güzel by project partners and passers-by, Local Blackouts are published in each city. As a poetic evaluation of the local news, Güzel successively creates 53 poems for the Grand Snail Tour by crossing out and blackening passages of text. Local references and solidarity are conveyed on various levels in the project presented on conventional press displays: through the collaborative practice of collecting and sharing regional print products and their artistic appropriation by the author.

All information at grandsnail.de