SOUND INSTALLATION
ALPENMUSIK
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
17 to 26 March 2007
Georg Nussbaumer Die schönsten Gipfel der Alpen –
Ein akustisches Hängemodell (2007) WP
Opening Fri 16 March 19:00
Open one hour before and after the concerts
With the support of Österreichisches Kulturforum Berlin
A spatio-acoustic model of the Alps installed in the upper foyer of Haus der Berliner Festspiele. The alpine peaks – from the foreland to the ‘highlights’ are represented by radar tuning forks hanging from the ceiling on steel cables. The tuning forks are distributed in the geographically accurate scale of 1:33,000; the altitudes are converted into a linear elevated relief: the Sonnenberg as the farthest eastern peak of the Alps with 484m at ankle height, the Mont Blanc with 4,809m as the highest peak above head height. In analogy to the peaks they represent, the approx. 130 tuning forks are of different frequencies.
The spectators wandering through the area of 24m x 13m walkable mountains can strike the tuning forks, which are about 25cm long and will ring for up to three minutes, and produce an ever-changing acoustic panorama of Europe’s youngest mountains, a floating sound relief.
ALPENMUSIK
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
17 to 26 March 2007
Georg Nussbaumer Die schönsten Gipfel der Alpen –
Ein akustisches Hängemodell (2007) WP
Opening Fri 16 March 19:00
Open one hour before and after the concerts
With the support of Österreichisches Kulturforum Berlin
A spatio-acoustic model of the Alps installed in the upper foyer of Haus der Berliner Festspiele. The alpine peaks – from the foreland to the ‘highlights’ are represented by radar tuning forks hanging from the ceiling on steel cables. The tuning forks are distributed in the geographically accurate scale of 1:33,000; the altitudes are converted into a linear elevated relief: the Sonnenberg as the farthest eastern peak of the Alps with 484m at ankle height, the Mont Blanc with 4,809m as the highest peak above head height. In analogy to the peaks they represent, the approx. 130 tuning forks are of different frequencies.
The spectators wandering through the area of 24m x 13m walkable mountains can strike the tuning forks, which are about 25cm long and will ring for up to three minutes, and produce an ever-changing acoustic panorama of Europe’s youngest mountains, a floating sound relief.
