01.06.2017

Lydkunst i det fri i Lydens By

2-18. juni lægger Struer gader, pladser, parker m.m. til landets hidtil eneste festival for stedsspecifik lydkunst. Festivalleder Jacob Kreutzfeldt fortæller om Struer Tracks, som festivalen er døbt.

“Struer Tracks er en festival for lydkunst. Kernen er udstilling af lydkunstværker, og værkerne er stedspecifikke i den forstand at de er tænkt eller tilpasset til Struer og til de konkrete steder. Uden om udstillingen har vi en række arrangementer, koncerter, workshops og præsentationer, hvor vi inviterer borgere og besøgende til at lytte og give lyd”, indleder Jacob Kreutzfeldt.

Han uddyber, hvordan de urbane og offentlige rammer spiller med på lydkunstens præmisser på en helt anden måde end eksempelvis de traditionelle, hvide gallerirum.

“Vi ville gerne skabe situationer, hvor publikum møder kunst i hverdagen – frem for på museer eller i koncertsale. Her er der mulighed for at kommunikere på andre planer, end når det foregår på institutioner. Ved at arbejde i det offentlige rum er der en anden mulighed for at værkerne kan overraske folk i hverdagen. Det gælder for al kunst i det offentlige rum, men måske i særlig grad for lydkunst, hvor kan komme komme snigende og blande sig med omgivelsernes lyd”, forklarer han.

Valget af lige netop Struers offentlige rum som ramme for festivalen er langt fra tilfældig. Det lokale byråd har med en strategisk satsning brandet den midtjyske købstad under navnet Lydens By. Knap en femtedel af de ca. 10.000 indbyggere er da også beskæftiget hos byens største virksomhed, B&O, der er verdenskendt for især lyd-elektronik af høj kvalitet.

“Man har gennem de seneste 5 år arbejdet med at opbygge en identitet og kultur omkring lyd i Struer – ikke mindst baseret på at Bang & Olufsen har ligget i Struer i mere end 90 år. Det betyder at vi kan trække på initiativer og kompetencer, som vi ikke ville kunne finde i andre byer – og slet ikke i byer af Struers størrelse. F.eks. har Ursula Nistrup haft mulighed for at samarbejde med folk med stor teknisk kompetence på B&O, og vi kan spille Jacob Kirkegaards og Peter Albrechtsens Dolby Atmos-værk Den Usynlige By i en af de mest veludstyrede provinsbiografer, jeg nogensinde har set”, konstaterer han.

Udover at bidrage med gode tekniske faciliteter og samarbejdsmuligheder, kan Struer også noget andet, som kunst-hovedsæderne Aarhus eller København ikke kan.

“Struer Tracks er også et forsøg på at aktivere en anden lokalitet end de metropole omgivelser, som samtids- og lydkunsten tit præsenteres i. Struer er en provinsby, og med festivalen vil vi gerne undersøge mødet mellem samtidskunst og provinsby. Det er håbet at værkerne kan være med til at sætte fokus på steder, identiteter og kulturer, der kendetegner provinsdanmark – der jo trods alt er den største del af landet”, afslutter Jacob Kreutzfeldt.

Det er ambitionen, at Struer Tracks skal udvikle sig til at blive en international biennale for lydkunst, der således indtager Struer næste gang i 2019 og hvert andet år derefter.

Hvad? Struer Tracks
Hvor? Forskellige lokationer i Struer
Hvornår? 2-18. juni 2017

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