ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling, ding-a-las
people of Copenhagen riding their bicycles
ding-a-long, ding-a-long,
bicycle bells are ringing
ding-a-ling-ling
hundred bicycle bells for John Cage
dinge-lage, dinge-ling
people can ring the bells for him
ding-a-ling
© 2012 Sabine Groschup
Listen to Your City–Listening To Art : A Tower Full of Sounds Etc.* @ Knippelsbro and around
Copenhagen Art Festival & Wundergrund Festival, Denmark
24.8.–4.11.2012
With Tyler Adams, Sam Ashley, Uwe Bressnik, John Cage, Angélica Castelló, Teun de Lange, Diether de la Motte, Matthias Deumlich, Franz Graf, Peter Graham, Sabine Groschup, Gary Hill, Robert Jacobsen, Hilary Jeffery, Jacob Kirkegaard, Christoph Korn/Lasse-Marc Riek, Daisuke Kosugi, Via Lewandowsky, Benoît Maubrey, Gordon Monahan, Ben Patterson, Lee Ranaldo, Reiner Ruthenbeck & Henning Christiansen, Tomas Schmit, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson, Timm Ulrichs, Maurice van Tellingen, Kris Vleeschouwer, Gerlinde Wurth; performance: Casper Hernández Cordes; curated by Georg Weckwerth.
*dedicated to John Cage (1912–1992)
TONSPUR für einen öffentlichen raum in collaboration with Copenhagen Art Festival and Snyk – Ny Musik.
Supported by Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture and Goethe Institute, Denmark.
Special Technical Support: RESON, Denmark.
Special thanks to The City of Copenhagen, The Technical and Environmental Administration, Center for Traffic.
Listen to Your City–Listening To Art : A Tower Full of Sounds Etc.*
@ Knippelsbro and around | Copenhagen 24.8.–4.11.2012
For the Copenhagen Art Festival and the Wundergrund Festival Copenhagen, the German sound art specialist Georg Weckwerth is curating a focus on sound art with works by international artists in the public space of the Danish metropolis.
At the centre of Listen to Your City–Listening To Art : A Tower Full of Sounds Etc.* with sound installations, sound-and-space compositions, mixed media and multimedia works as well as interventions and visual artworks, is the Knippel’s Bridge with its two listed historical turrets. The 115 metre long bascule bridge connects the district of Christianshavn with the centre of Copenhagen. As the motif on the 200 Danish Krone banknote the architectural monument, built by Kaj Gottlob between 1934 and 1937, is a clear landmark in the city and as one of the main thoroughfares it is passed by thousands of people every day.
The participating artists are installing their mostly site-specific works on the bridge, on and above all in the towers to the bridge as well as on the water. A new and unheard experiential space is being created in harmony with the urban backdrop of sounds for all those who encounter the city and art with open eyes and ears.
*dedicated to John Cage (1912–1992)
TONSPUR für einen öffentlichen raum in collaboration with Copenhagen Art Festival & Wundergrund Festival Copenhagen, Snyk – Ny Musik, and Goethe Institute Denmark. Special thanks to The City of Copenhagen (The Technical and Environmental Administration, Center for Traffic), RESON, Denmark and Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture.
(german version below)
Listen to Your City–Listening To Art : A Tower Full of Sounds Etc.*
@ Knippelsbro and around | Kopenhagen 24.8.–4.11.2012
Für das Kopenhagen Kunst Festival und das Wundergrund Festival Kopenhagen kuratiert der auf Klangkunst spezialisierte deutsche Kurator Georg Weckwerth einen Schwerpunkt mit Klangarbeiten internationaler KünstlerInnen im öffentlichen Raum der dänischen Metropole.
Im Zentrum von Listen to Your City–Listening To Art : A Tower Full of Sounds Etc.* mit Klanginstallationen, Klang-Raum-Kompositionen, Mixed-media und multi-medialen Arbeiten sowie Interventionen und bildnerischen Werken, steht die Knippelsbro mit ihren beiden denkmalgeschützen, historischen Brückentürmen. Die 115 Meter lange Klapp- oder Wippbrücke verbindet den Stadtteil Christianshavn mit der Stadtmitte Kopenhagens. Als Motiv der 200-Kronen-Banknote ist das Architekturdenkmal, von Kaj Gottlob in den Jahren 1934 bis 1937 erbaut, ein in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung fest verankertes Bauwerk. Und als eine der Hauptschlagadern der Stadt wird sie tagtäglich von Tausenden von Menschen passiert.
Auf der Brücke – an und vor allem in den Brückentürmen sowie auf dem Wasser, installieren die beteiligten KünstlerInnen Ihre meist ortsspezifischen Werke. In Einklang mit der urbanen Soundkulisse entsteht ein neuer, unerhörter Erfahrungsraum für all jene Menschen, die der Stadt und der Kunst mit offenen Augen und Ohren begegnen.
*gewidmet John Cage (1912–1992)
TONSPUR für einen öffentlichen raum in Zusammenarbeit mit Kopenhagen Kunst Festival & Wundergrund Festival Kopenhagen, Snyk – Ny Musik, and Goethe-Institut, Dänemark. Dank an die Stadt Kopenhagen, RESON, Dänemark und Österreichisches Ministerium für Unterreicht, Kunst und Kultur.
LISTEN TO YOUR CITY ∞ LISTENING TO ART
Contemporary Sound Works in Copenhagen 2012
Notes and ideas as result of reflection on a project with contemporary sound works installed in the public space of the center of Copenhagen as part of the upcoming “Art Festival” in the Danish Capital in Summer 2012 (24 Aug–2 Sep).
Based on first impressions and observations during a visit of the beautiful, pulsing, inspiring, and well sounding city Copenhagen, including meetings, talks, walks, and sightseeing, from September 19th to 22th, 2011, initiated by SNYK.[1]
by Georg Weckwerth
(independent curator)
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PERSONAL KEY OBSERVATIONS
# BICYCLES and their DRIVERS — moving and ferry sound
Bicycle business, – bells, – commuting, – dealer, – helmet, – hire, – lane, – parking lot, – path, – production, – pump, – race, – basket/cage
# WATER, BOATS and FLOTSAM — reflecting and floating sound
# BRIDGES and TOWERS — passing and controlling sound
# CHURCHES and SCULPTURES — architectural and silent sound
# SQUARES, COURTS and PASSAGES — spectacular, hidden and organized sound
# THE PEOPLE OF COPENHAGEN — individual and communicating sound
# THE OCEAN — endless sound
# A WONDERFUL TREE — poetical and natural sound
# A CLOCK — time sound
[1] I talked about my work and my first impressions and ideas for Copenhagen to Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen (Snyk), Christian Skovbjerg Jensen (Festival), Klaus lb Jørgensen (Edition.S), Karoline Larsen (artist), Sabine Groschup (artist), Rune Søchting (Academy), and to Annesusanne Fackler and Claudia Marchegiani (Goethe-Institut).
[2] The endless sign which is part of the TONSPUR-Logo as well stays for Copenhagen for me as the two wheels of a bicycle ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞
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MY VIEW ON THE CITY
Following a photo collection of my view on Copenhagen and its public space (photos by Sabine Groschup). All images are containing ideas and thoughts for public space projects. They are also readable as a parcour of possible spaces for installations, interventions, exhibitions, performances and sound design projects.