Big Orchestra: Cat. Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfort

by Marion Saxer, Irene Noy, Matthias Ulrich

Musical instruments in the form of sculptures represent a still relatively unknown, recent development in contemporary art. The -publication accompanying this international group ex-hibition presents artworks that function as musical instruments. The performance on the sculptural instruments forms the center of this constantly changing exhi-bition. During the course of the show, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt will temporarily turn into a concert hall, where the works are activated and brought to tonal life. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to experience the sound of the artworks in a live setting. Ever-newly -formed ensembles examine the sound of the instruments, which are subsequently presented in concerts, or the -artists activate their own works in performances. The starting point for the concept is an extended notion of art and music, as seen during the Fluxus movement of the 1960's: happenings and -actions were understood as "concerts," since they -appeared structured like compositions, and combined different media and materials.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 386442285X
• ISBN13: 9783864422850
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Snoeck Publishing Company
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.2" x 10.9"