Kunst am Bau

Track list

1. Ouverture sifflée
2. The Mirror of Your Soul

• Altes Liebeshasslied
• Stamp Act 1
• Stamp Act 3
• Old Tom Clark
• I Take You Home
• Altes Liebeshasslied Instrumental
• Men and Women
• I Need Silence
• Same Old Thing
• Eating My Husband
• Unter dem Doppeladler
• Irene, Goodnight
• E.C.Midnight

21 tracks

• Sample 1
  • Instrumental
• Sample 2
  • ? - vocals
• Sample 3
  • Mayo Thompson - vocals
  • ? - vocals

Background

Susanne Stövhase

For the occasion of the move of the musical instrument collection of the of the Wurttemberg State Museum into a historic building in the centre of Stuttgart, the CD "Kunst am Bau" was produced as an edition for the museum shop within the framework of a "Kunst am Bau" project ("Art at Construction").

The project thematized the altered concept of public space, the function of which has long since been taken over by medial space. The question was also raised as to what a sculpture means in this context, in that the distribution of the CDs from the museum into real space was declared a sculpture. Three musicians from pop and experimental backgrounds were engaged to work with the historical instruments of the museum. The resulting CD-edition was presented at the museum shop in the form of a stack containing all of the copies of the edition. Through the sales or rather purchase of the copies, not only was the stack changed but so was the imaginary sculpture, which came into being through the spreading of the CDs within the private space.

Released in an edition of 1,000

Personnel

• Barnaby O'Rourke - Basso die Camere, Hammerflügel, Kavallerietrompete, Orgelpositiv, Saxophon, Schiedmayer Scheola, Stamping, Stimmgabelklavier, Vocals, Whistling
• Lars Rudolph - Cembalo, Collagen, Drums, Electric Slide Guitar, Hammerflügel, Landsknechttrommel, Orgelpositiv, Schiedmayer Scheola, Stimmgabelklavier, Trompete, Tuba, Vocals, Whistling
• Mayo Thompson - Acoustic Guitar, Fender Electric Guitar, Human Bass Box, Vocals

Reviews

Taz

December 15, 1993

Ulrich Clewing