frei-raum.berlin is showing the exhibition series 8ight, which will feature sound art and audiovisual art installations, performances and artistic research. This series runs from April to November 2024, with eight sequential presentations, each characterised by the number of acoustic sources/speakers: from one in the first exhibition to eight in the last.
#3 acoustic sources of 8ight – on view
13.06.,Thursday, 16-20h
14.06., Friday, 16-19h
15.06., Saturday, 14:30-19h
LIVE PERFOMANCE
14.06.2024, Friday start 20h
// Özcan Ertek (TR)
// Leon Eckard (DT)
BELLS AND CANNONS by Özcan Ertek (TR) Bells had set the rhythm of the people for ages. Church bells were the clock for daily life. For centuries bells had been removed from bell towers during times of war and melted down for military purposes into cannons. War had seared the human landscape, adding to the radiance of bells an apocalyptic residue of explosion and torment. „Bells and Cannons“ is a generative sound sculpture that uses these sounds from the deep ecology of time, hidden and encrypted in the bells.
The sculptural time piece is composed of three large brass discs, offering an infinite sound composition of a speculative weapon/instrument which emerges from a bell/cannon transformation.
By focusing on transformation between church bells and cannons, it distributes sounds and voices through the vibrations of the drum bells, transmits sound through and between different symbolic and psychical milieus.
Friday 14.06. will feature the performances
// Özcan Ertek (TR)
live performance setup with the sound object BELLS AND CANNONS
// Leon Eckard (DT)
In the context of exhibition number 3 of the 8ight series, Leon Eckard's performance deals with "Echoes of decay and transformation". ‘Echoes on decay and transformation’ is a live auditory exploration that delves into the perpetual cycle of creation, decay, and rebirth. Metal plates in various forms have been used since ancient times for ritual purposes related to death. Reflecting these practices, the performance features an instrument made from a rusted round metal plate, suspended and free swinging, with metal strings stretched across its surface.
The centerpiece, a transducer, vibrates the metal and strings, merging them into a new resonant field. Beneath the metal strings, piezo pickups capture the interplay of the different modes, creating non-linear feedback loops that are manipulated in real time. As the plate reverberates with the scars of its own history, the performance echoes on decay and transformation.
