Thu 3.9. – Tue 8.9.
13:00 – 14:00
17:00 – 18:00

Thu 3.9.
19:00-20:00

Sat 5.9.
20:00 – 20:30

Pfarrkirche Urfahr

Andres Bosshard (CH)
www.soundcity.ws/index.html

Based on the fundamental concepts of Baroque “trompe-l’oeil” painting in general and particularly its cunningly stylish way of producing starkly multi-layered depth of field effects that are still capable of eliciting expressions of astonishment from modern viewers, the sound architecture designed by Anders Bosshard aims to conjure up a “sound heaven” within the local parish church in Linz’s Urfahr neighborhood.

The main elements situated within the church’s reverberating vault are eight resonating ceramic bodies created by David Fuchs that display extraordinary acoustic radiation qualities. The sounds emanating from the loudspeaker system are first filtered through these ceramic balls and then radiated ball-shaped into the interior space. Moreover, the spatial constellation of the eight balls forms an intentionally implemented network configuration that makes it possible to produce clear and astoundingly multi-layered tonal imagery in the church’s long and quite diffused resonating space. Of particular importance are apparent tonal space movements that glide through the church’s nave. Andres Bosshard spent several nights in the church before composing a tonal space choreography consisting of musical modules played live on an eight-channel stereophonic sound instrument. The sound coming directly from the balls, the reflections off the vault, interior walls and floor, and the almost inaudible sounds of the city that penetrate the church nave’s walls from outside blend together with virtual sound space projections into a very fine choreophony.

With support by Stadtpfarre Urfahr

Foto: Bill Fontana

Thu 3.9. – Tue 8.9.
14:00 – 15:00
18:00 – 19:00

Thu 3.9.
20:00-21:00

Fri 4.9.
20:00 – 21:00

Pfarrkirche Urfahr

Bill Fontana (US)
Golden Nica Digital Musics
http://resoundings.org/

Speeds of Time 1
Scott George, Sound Engineer from Autograph Sound Recording Limited
Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art, House of Commons, Palace of Westminster
Meyer Sound Labs
Charlie Richmond, Richmond Sound Design

Speeds of Time 2
Scott George, Sound Engineer from Autograph Sound Recording Limited
BBC Radio 4
The Arts Council of England
Meyer Sound Labs
Tate Britain
Chelsea College of Art
Haunch of Venison Gallery

“Speeds of Time” is a musical deconstruction of the most famous acoustic icon and symbol of time, Big Ben. Live sensors and microphones are mounted on the clockwork mechanism and near the bells of Big Ben to generate a spatial-acoustic composition, which is placed in an historic colonnade of the New Palace Yard, directly below and within earshot of the bells. The presence of the sound sculpture in this setting interacts with the natural sound of the bells, creating a multi-dimensional acoustic zone. While this work was installed in Westminster, a 12-hour multi-track recording of the sound sculpture was made that makes it possible to fully recreate the real time sense of this artwork, which can be realized as an eight-channel sound installation. This recording is fully accurate to real time and, if started at precisely five seconds before 10 o’clock, it will faithfully keep time.

With support by Stadtpfarre Urfahr