Hommage an Rolf Julius

In the organizer's words:

Music for the eyes - images for the ears, the artistic work of Rolf Julius (1939-2011) merged the boundaries between music and art, expanding perceptual sensitivity to its limits.

A few loosely laid cables and tiny loudspeakers, seemingly scattered around the room, were often enough to bring viewers and listeners together in his installations. What came across as quiet and modest was effective due to its concentration and depth. No high gloss, no bold sound!

In his "Small Music", Rolf Julius countered a world of chatter, loud-sounding messages in continuous loops and an uninterrupted media thunderstorm with a message whose message was close to the limits of hearing and perception. Propaganda for the richness of the human senses at the edge of silence.

In its "Homage to Rolf Julius", the 128th concert of the Verein für Neue Musik e.V. is dedicated to the artistic strategies of the Wilhelmshaven-born artist, who has presented his own sound cosmos in a variety of ways around the world since the 1980s.