»Who ever said that music is ‘just’ music? To me, it is anything but that: an urge to understand and explain it all. A piece of jewelry I wear every single day. A joy that can, at times, run deep. An ever-changing imprint of millions of stitches in my heart. A longing to disappear.«
Henrik Marstal is a musician, author, and music researcher. He holds a PhD in musicology, is a senior lecturer at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory, and frequently appears in the media as an expert source on music. His areas of interest include contemporary music, such as electronic music. This winter, he will release both a new album with the pop group ibens and a book about Else Marie Pade, published by the British publishing house Bloomsbury.
Udstillingen The Hammer Without a Master: Henning Christiansen's archive løber fra den 22. juni til den 11. august, 2013, og åbner med en todages performance festival på Møen i weekenden den 22-23. juni.
Festivalen er dedikeret til kompositioner og visuelle værker af den nu afdøde danske Fluxus kunstner og komponist Henning Christiansen. The Hammer Without a Master indvier den nye bygning til Kunsthal 44 Møen, der med tiden skal fungere som sommerresidens for unge komponister, kuratorer og kunstnere samt huse "Henning Christiansens arkiv". Projektets omdrejningspunkt er en billedkunstudstilling, en performances serie og elementer fra Henning Christiansens værker.
Unge kunstnere fra Danmark, Norge og Sverige er blevet bedt om at udvikle nye værker til festivalen med udgangspunkt i Henning Christiansens arkiver. Det er Mia Edelgart (DK), Jacob Kirkegaard, (DK) Tori Wrånes (NO), Leif Elggren (S), Marja-leena Sillanpää (S) og de unge komponister Tobias Kirstein (DK), Andreas Führer (DK), Johannes Lund (DK), Vagn E. Olsson (DK). Festivalen er kurrateret af artist in residence Chiara Giovando.
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Om Kunsthal 44 Møen
På Møen ligger det internationale udstillingssted Kunsthal 44 Møen. Det blev grundlagt i 2007 af tyske kurator, gallerist og kunstsamler René Block. Museet åbnede i 2008 med udstillingen ”Imagine Mönhattan”, siden har programmet vekslet mellem aktuel samtidskunst og tråde tilbage til den nyere avantgarde med FLUXUS- og konceptkunst.
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Billede: Claus Haxholm og TR Kirstein Sketch
»For me, music is at its best when it appeals to both the head and the heart. I love music that plays with language and understands how words create images, while also possessing its own unique sonic quality and mood. It’s an added bonus if the music energizes me during a run, makes me dance in the kitchen, or makes me laugh. Or cry. Music can be like a chocolate-coated marshmallow treat with a surprise inside.«
Lone Hørslev is an author of poetry, novels, and song lyrics, as well as the TV series Den gode stemning. Together with Mads Mouritz, she forms one half of the Mouritz/Hørslev Project, and she recently wrote lyrics for the musical theatre production STOLT in collaboration with Katrine Muff. The songs can be found on the album Jeg ønsker mig.
»For us, music is... magic? Aside from the fact that we are huge fans of silence, the closing line of one of our upcoming singles perfectly captures our relationship with music:
'Music feels like magic to me / A superior art form in a marketplace / Trying to find an empty space'.
That is what it can feel like as a songwriter and performing musician. We try to hold onto an almost childlike infatuation with music, yet the art form we work in – alternative-leaning pop-rock – was created and has evolved 'in a marketplace' driven by powerful economic forces. As a romantic, that can sometimes be a bit disheartening...«
Late Runner consists of Asger Tarpgaard and Tanja Forsberg Simonsen, both formerly of the bands Superheroes and Private.