The work, inspired by the minimalism of Steve Reich and great composers such as Schönberg, Beethoven and Wagner, can be experienced live on three evenings during the springeight festival on the Kunsthaus media facade.
The idea of the installation is to create a unique dialogue between architecture and sound. This "conversation" is to be created via visuals that appear on the BIX facade.
Themes for the visuals come from various methods of music analysis and the way sound can be represented in an unusual graphic way. Those studies are based on observation of sound patterns and music notations of the music specially composed for this piece. Effects of those studies will be translated into unique graphical notation system and made into animated 2D and 3D visual material performed live with music.
Another aspect of this project is the BIX facade itself and its connection with music. The minimalistic and limited structure of the Kunsthaus' facade creates an ideal surface for drawing musical patterns, its very low resolution forcing the creation of very unusual video content. It is like analyzing music details through a huge magnifying glass. This idea also incorporates some recognizable elements within the visuals which will allow the audience to connect with it and go beyond abstraction making the whole dialogue between sound and architecture more real.
The music for this audio-visual performance will be composed and performed live by the two award-winning pianists, Francesco Tristano and Kelvin Sholar. The music is based on the minimal technique of musicians such as Steve Reich and the timeless themes of Austrian composers like Haydn, Mozart and Schoenberg.