Progression
Audivisual installation as part of Sitting for decades
Progression refers to both the acoustic and visual output-to-input processes of Mary and Alvin Lucier’s works. However, unlike the latter, which were created independently of each other and presented in parallel to each other, Progression represents the attempt of serially interweaving the visual and acoustic levels and making them depend on each other: Over the course of the exhibition 19 translation processes will be performed, always alternating from a visual level to an acoustic and from an acoustic level to a visual one.
Therefore the artist Olivier Pestiaux and the musician Guy Frisch* are invited to complete one translation process per day. While Pestiaux draws a graphic representation of Frisch’s music, Frisch plays a musical representation of Pestiaux’s drawing. It is important that these representations should not be subjective interpretations, but rather translations as objective as possible from one medium to another. Of course this seems to be a paradox, since such an objective translation always requires a systematic approach, which in this case is not given and can only be determined by Pestiaux and Frisch themselves – which in turn demands a certain degree of subjectivity from the two translators. The translation sequence will be launched on the evening of the vernissage of Sitting for decades by Olivier Pestiaux translating the soundscape surrounding him into a drawing. After that, one translation per day will be performed, on the weekend of the symposium (31.1 – 2.2) two translations per day; always alternately drawing to music and music to drawing. In the order of their creation, all drawings are shown on paper, and all musical performances are presented as audio recordings on a wall. *On the exhibition opening and on January 26th, Victor Kraus (United Instruments of Lucilin) will take over the musical part.
SESSIONS
OP = Olivier PestiauxGF = Guy Frisch
Sat 25.1, 16:00 – 16:30 (OP) Sun 26.1, 16:00 – 16:30 (GF) – replaced by Victor Kraus Mon 27.1, 12:30 – 13:00 (OP) Wed 29.1, 12:30 – 13:00 (GF) Thu 30.1, 12:30 – 13:00 (OP) Fri 31.1, 18:30 – 19:30 (GF + OP, as part of the Sitting for decades – Symposium)Sat 1.2, 16:30 – 17:30 (GF + OP, as part of the Sitting for decades – Symposium)Sun 2.2, 11:30 – 12:30 (GF + OP, as part of the Sitting for decades – Symposium)Mon 3.2, 12:30 – 13:00 (GF) Wed 5.2, 12:30 – 13:00 (OP) Thu 6.2, 12:30 – 13:00 (GF) Fri 7.2, 12:30 – 13:00 (OP) Sat 8.2, 16:00 – 16:30 (GF)Sun 9.2, 16:00 – 16:30 (OP)
