Spinet: an experiment on Gesamtkunstwerk - Totalart
location The Great Hall, The Cooper Union, New York
7 East 7th Street, Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Street, The Foundation Building, The Great Hall, downstairs
date Oct. 21st, 2004
6-7 pm discussion
"Contemporary composers and an historical instrument"
8 pm    concert
  Oct. 22nd, 2004
6-7pm discussion "The Gesamtkunstwerk (Totalart) in the 21st century"
8pm    concert / performance
admission free 
curator Birgit Ramsauer
introduction “spinet” is an art project on Totalart. The installation with an historical instrument of the artist Birgit Ramsauer is the center tool. She works with an international group of composers, artists, dancers, poets who dedicate pieces, as collaborators, who dedicate pieces to this tool. This is an ongoing process. The project will take place at The Cooper Union and, the following year, in Europe.
invitation

invitation.pdf (412KB)

booklet

Spinetbooklet.pdf (173KB)

samples

Video: Hartl "Cembalissimo" (2,67MB)

 

other sound sample (1,16MB)

 

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