February 22 Event a Huge Success

We had unprecedented success with our February 22 event. Please have a look at the “program” section of our site to find out what was performed and exhibited. Many thanks to Nikki Bogart, Neues Atelier, all creative participants, the performers, and of course the extremely enthusiastic audience in attendance. Photos to follow very soon! The GegenStimmen project will remain active. Please check periodically for updates about exciting new developments.

Poster for GegenStimmen

Poster for GegenStimmen, Feb. 22, 2013.
Poster design by Nikki Bogart. Poster art by Clio Montrey. Project through Neues Atelier.

Press Release: GegenStimmen Festival, February 22, 2013

The GegenStimmen Festival, which showcases new works in an audiovisiual context, will take place on Friday, February 22, 2013 at Nikki Bogart, Steingasse 26 (1030 Vienna). Admission is free in order to keep the arts, specifically innovative new works, accessible.

Timeline:

6pm: doors open | showcase of GegenStimmen project materials (scores, posters, artwork)

7pm: workshop where composers discuss their works and shed insight on the compositional process | audiovisual presentation

8pm: performance | musical works by Artacho, V. Baez, Eder, Fol, Hanke, Mattiello/Kocher, Montrey, Tovar | visuals by Kominek, M. Baez, Martinez, and others.

Gegenstimmen: NEUES and noise.

concept

The German word Gegenstimmen signifies “counter-voices”. This could be taken to mean, for example, a second, opposing voice, a vote or veto against something, or a contradiction, perhaps a dichotomy. Through our project, we use the human voice within the context of music to represent the different vocal(ized) dichotomies we can find in our world: musical lines, singers, Newtonian forces in physics opposing each other, cultural differences, interactions between genders, differing opinions, the mechanical versus the organic. These dichotomies may be symbolic, social, or physical. The recontextualization of the voice through various media such as design and visuals adds a multidimensional aspect and allows us to use more than just our physical voices to tell our stories.