in brief
19.06.2023

Statiske vibrationer

Irma Hünerfauth: »Speaking Boxes«
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© GRAYSC / Irma Hünerfauth / Simian

Om det er ironisk eller passende, at Irma Hünerfauths mekaniske skrotmaskiner fra 70’erne og 80’erne, som lige nu udstilles på Simian, ikke længere virker, må være en smagssag.

Tyskerens Sprechende Kästen er en satirisk legesyg og spiddende kritik af det accelererende varesamfund, skabt af overflodens egne affaldsprodukter: sammenloddede computerkort, tøjknapper, metalspiraler. I én kasse bræger et får fanget under jorden, i en anden flyver en eroderende sommerfugl af metal hen over en nedbrudt pistol.

Oprindeligt skulle publikum få de ekspressionistiske tableauer til at bevæge sig. »Helft mit!« stod der dengang på udstillingerne. I dag står der, at kunsten ikke må berøres. Så nu står Hünerfauths åbenbart sarte Vibrationsobjekte stille som et unheimlich og melankolsk gravmæle over en socialt indigneret samfundskritik.

I stedet sættes de tilhørende lydspor i gang af sensorer, når man nærmer sig dem hver især. Hurtigt myldrer den gamle cykelkælder derfor med lyde, der bekriger hinanden: en diskant kakofoni af cikader, sfærisk klang, pistolskud og kunstnerens utydeligt hvislende messen om krig, forbrug og tabt natur – det hele oven i hinanden.

Men den tynde lyd er lige så nedslidt som mekanikken, og end ikke en stramt minimalistisk opstilling kan redde udstillingen fra at virke uskarp, uengagerende og en smule meningsløs. Hvor kasserne engang lokkede til interaktion og fordybelse, inviterer de i dag til at stryge direkte ud af det lydlige kaos og over i Field’s.

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»To me, music is love. I love how music allows you to skip the small talk and connect directly with people’s innermost selves. It is an extraordinary and moving way to meet one another.«

Fenja wrote her first song at the age of twelve – about a polar bear dying due to climate change – and themes of existentialism, nature, and her own sensitive nature came to define the lyrics and sound she has since developed. She released her debut album, Flugtdyr, in 2021, and in February 2026, she released the album Menneskedyr.

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Danish composer Sofus Forsberg has died at the age of 56. With his distinctive blend of melodic sensibility, electronic processing and rhythmic precision, he created a musical world that moved effortlessly between IDM, pop and the avant-garde.

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»Music for me is my hobby, my job, my outlet, my mood, an endless source of discovering new music and new, old music, some of the best and can be some of the worst. And I love it!« 

Track72 aka Tue Track aka Anders Lundby Brixen. Producer, DJ, rapper and more. Known for his role in the trio Malk De Koijn, which since the mid-1990s has created a personal universe in Danish hip-hop. Has performed in Ponyblod, Xtra Naan, Track Abdullah Rock, Booty Cologne and others.

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On Wednesday, 5 August 2026, it happened again: a chord in John Cage’s Organ2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) changed after two and a half years. Classic FM reports.

The work was written by the American avant-garde composer John Cage in the mid-1980s. The score consists of eight pages of music, and, as the title suggests, the instruction is to play it »as slow as possible.«

»What music is to me? Where have the great feelings gone?«.

Gellért Szabó is a composer, conductor and performer based in Leipzig, Germany. His work combines contemporary composition with influences from free improvisation, noise and the expressive richness of the late nineteenth century. He is the founder and artistic director of the 23-piece Ideal Orchestra, an ensemble dedicated to large-scale experimental music of sweeping emotional intensity. Alongside this work, Szabó performs internationally with his solo project Radical Radio Show, exploring symphonic textures and immersive sound worlds through a single electric guitar and live electronics. His music is driven by a search for intensity, vulnerability and uncompromising emotional expression.