 Reality Hacking 202, Zurich, Switzerland June 1, 2003 (work in progress) Reality Hacking with "ensemble für neue musik zürich" The Centre d'Art Contemporain is proud to present a special collaboration between the artist Peter Regli and the "ensemble für neue musik zürich". This transdisciplinary project features sounds, videos, photos and a live performance of new compositions, resulting from the collaboration, on the private view night. Visual and musical elements fuse together, opening up a space for humorous, poetic and questionning perceptions of reality. Reality Hacking, the basic title of Peter Regli's anonymous interventions in public space, alter subtly a given situation. Without being overtly recognizable as "art", each of these "hacking moments" interfere in our familiar experiences of daily life, triggering a moment of questionning hesitation. Formal signs of specific places are lightly intensified and often enhanced by historic or symbolic relationships. Regli uses specific materials and techniques each time, in response to the immediate context. The artist has invited the "ensemble für neue musik zürich" for a first-time collaboration at the Centre d'Art Contemporain. Reality Hacking No. 202 and No. 205, conceived specifically for that occassion, are setting the starting point. Regli comissioned a partitur for ship sirens to this "ensemble für neue musik zürich". It was performed on 8 different ships at the Zurich lake this April. A more then 3 meter tall structure filled with fine crystal glasses and vases was sent crashing down the stairs in front of a public school in Zurich, this June. These two actions were visually documented and the soundscape was recorded. A collaborative re-working and editing of these materials between Regli and the "ensemble für neue musik", a "closed" workshop, will happen one week before the opening. The Première of the resulting two new compositions will then be performed at the Centre d'Art Contemporain, the night of the private view at 8.15 pm on Friday 11 July. The process of this interdisciplinary collaboration and the documentation of Reality Hacking No. 202 and No. 205 will then be shown at the Centre d'Art Contemporain for two weeks. Peter Regli lives and works in Zurich. He has realised various interventions and exhibitions in Switzerland and internationally. He participated in group shows such as "Public Affairs", Kunsthaus Zürich (2002), "Tempo" Museum of Modern Art, New York (2002) and "La Paloma", Helmhaus Zürich (2001). The "ensemble für neue musik zürich", founded in 1983, focusses exclusively on contemporary music. The seven musicians plan and conceive their programme according to their own and unique concept, allowing for the greatest possible stylistic openness. One of their main concerns lies in the promotion of young and yet unknown international composers. The ensemble organises around 5 concerts each year in Zurich and performs internationally. Première: July 11, 2003, 8.15 pm Exhibition: July 12 - 27, 2003 Hours: Tue-Sun 11 am - 6 pm Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève 10, rue des Vieux-Grenadiers 1205 Genève Tél. +41 22 329 18 42 Fax +41 22 329 18 86 E-Mail: cacge@worldcom.ch www.realityhacking.com www.ensemble.ch |
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