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Elisabeth Penker
Bei der Eröffnung von "Protections" wird Penker auf ihrem "Sonic Structure" genannten Instrument, das in die
Choreographie der Klanginstallation "Die Bildhauerin" eingebettet ist, live spielen. Das Instrument hat eine
vage Ähnlichkeit mit einem Keyboard und ist aus Holz und industriellen Materialien gefertigt. Alle Klänge, die
auf dieser Konstruktion erzeugt werden, werden mithilfe einer Reihe von in unterschiedlicher Höhe montierten
Mikrofonen verstärkt, wodurch es der Künstlerin ermöglicht wird, Musik zu machen. Ihre Würdigung von Luigi
Russolos "The Art of Noise" und Jack Foley�s Aufnahmemethoden für Filmsoundtracks ermöglicht ihr, ein
Vokabular für Rhythmus und sprachliche Transformationen zu finden. Mithilfe eines Orchesters, das, obwohl
es nur aus aus industriellen Materialien gefertigten Instrumenten besteht, in der Lage ist, jene Kräfte
einzubinden, die in die differenzierteste Klangstruktur überhaupt � die Sprache � eingebettet sind, gelingt
Penker eine geglückte Neuformulierung der alten Formel der Avantgarde.
Adam Budak
Installation view: Elisabeth Penker �(Untitled) Instrument�
�Protections: This is not an exhibition�, Kunsthaus Graz 2006
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Elisabeth Penker
At the opening for "Protections" Penker will play live on her instrument entitled "Sonic Structure" which is
choreographed within the sound piece "Die Bildhauerin (The Sculptor [fem.])". The instrument vaguely resembles a
keyboard, made of wood and industrial materials, any sounds made on this structure are amplified by means of a
number of microphones set at different heights that allows the artist to produce music. By acknowledging Luigi
Russolo's "The Art of Noise" and Jack Foley�s recording methods for film, allows her to find a vocabulary for rhythm
and language transformations. Penker successfully rephrases the old avant-garde formula through an orchestra that,
although organized with instruments made of industrial materials, is able to involve those forces embedded within
the most sophisticated sonic structure of all - linguistics.
Text: Adam Budak
Installation view: Elisabeth Penker �(Untitled) Instrument�
�Protections: This is not an exhibition�, Kunsthaus Graz (background: Elmgreen & Dragset)
Installation view: HTTP Gallery, curated by Tobi Maier 2005
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Elisabeth Penker
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71 Ashfield Road
May 10�June 15
For the past few years, Austrian artist Elisabeth Penker has been exploring the spatial dynamics that occur in the relation between objects and sound. In her solo show at this not-for-profit space consecrated to "technologically termed praxis," she investigates rhythm and musicality by rearranging phonetic units in a process inspired by First Nation languages. With the multichannel sound installation Die Bildhauerin (The Sculptress), 2005, the artist breaks the grammatical structure of the title words into units, or "morphemes," which become the basis of a minimal composition that resonates in and shapes the surrounding space. Backed by pre-recorded vocals and the echoing sound of two stonemasons chiselling into a wall, Penker's performance on the show's opening night took place on Sonic Structure (portable instrument), 2005, a geometric construction vaguely resembling a keyboard, made of wood and covered with industrial flooring. Any sounds made on this structure are amplified by means of a number of microphones set at different heights that allow any performer to produce music with wooden blocks and sandpaper. Having examined Luigi Russolo's "Futurist Manifesto" of 1912 and, in particular, his experiments with noise, Penker successfully rephrases the old avant-garde formula through an orchestra that, although organized with instruments made of industrial materials, is able to involve those forces embedded within the most sophisticated sonic structure of all�linguistics.
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Sonic Structure (portable
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