Split Friction concert-installation by Birgit Ulher

24.-26. Nov. 2023 at Errant Sound, Rungestr. 20, Berlin-Mitte
Friday 24th of Nov. 2023 6-9 pm Exhibition Opening and Book Release
Exhibition opening hours: Saturday and Sunday 4-8pm

Live-Program: (entry fee donation based)

Friday 24 November, 7pm
solo concert: Public Transport – for trumpet, LPs, and record runner;
Robo Tins I – for robots, tins, and trumpet (World Premiere)
Birgit Ulher, trumpet

Saturday 25 November, 7pm
Robo Tins III – for robots, tins, trumpet, and clarinet (World Premiere)
Michael Thieke, clarinet
Birgit Ulher, trumpet, objects

Sunday 26 November, 7pm
Birgit Ulher, trumpet, objects

Split Friction is an interdisciplinary project spanning the intersection between exhibition, video, performance, concert and sound installation. In a three-day exhibition at Errant Sound, several works by the Hamburg based artist will be presented in context and accompanied by the release of a publication of the same title. Two sound installations and several videos will be shown in alternation of about 20 minutes. In addition, a live concert in interaction with the installations will take place at 7 p.m. on all days.

The videos explore sounds generated by the movement of objects within indoor and outdoor spaces, recorded at locations with unique acoustic characteristics. The sound and concert installations “Public Transport” and “Robo Tins” create soundscapes with moving objects in the space, suitable for both performing a concert installation and presenting a standalone sound installation.

Birgit Ulher lives as a freelance musician, sound artist and composer in Hamburg. After her studies in the field of visual arts, she developed her own playing techniques and preparations with trumpet, radio, loudspeakers and objects. Apart from this material research, her special interest lays in the relationship between silence and sound. Her work includes acoustic and electroacoustic projects, solo performances, concert and sound installations, videos, concept pieces and concerts in the field of improvised / experimental music. She has received numerous grants from QO-2 Werkplaats (Brussels), Künstlerhaus Lukas (Ahrenshoop), AIR (Mexico City and Krems), among others, and travels internationally with her concert activities.

Split Friction ist ein interdisziplinäres Projekt von Birgit Ulher, das sich im Spannungsfeld von Ausstellung, Video, Performance, Konzert- und Klanginstallation bewegt. In einer dreitägigen Ausstellung bei Errant Sound werden mehrere Arbeiten der Hamburger Künstlerin und Musikerin im Zusammenhang präsentiert und von der Release einer gleichnamigen Publikation begleitet. Zwei Klanginstallationen und mehrere Videos werden im zeitlichen Wechsel von etwa 20 Minuten gezeigt. Zudem findet an allen Tagen um 19 Uhr ein Live-Konzert in Interaktion mit den Installationen statt.

Die Videoarbeiten »How to Get Away I & II«, »How to Get Away by Car«, »Wanderlust«, »Flotsam & Jetsam«, beinhalten bewegliche Objektklänge in Innen- und Außenräumen, die an Orten mit besonderen akustischen Eigenschaften aufgenommen wurden. Die Klang- und Konzertinstallationen »Public Transport« und »Robo Tins« sind Klanglandschaften mit beweglichen Objekten im Raum, die sowohl als Konzertinstallationen bespielbar sind als auch als reine Klanginstallationen präsentiert werden.

audiovisual, Ausstellung, Birgit Ulher, concert-installation, kinetic, robots, sonic objects