musikprotokoll: Anke Eckardt

Three mysterious, amorphous beings, set against a dense cacophony of voices, invite us to reflect on cross-species communication. Space04 at the Kunsthaus Graz is their speculative world, a utopia in which different life forms – organic, technological and hybrid – coexist peacefully. These beings serve as both a projection screen and a mirror, particularly when their colourful and multifaceted skins visibly fade whilst, at the same time, biodiversity dwindles. Then the voices filling the space – which had sounded so hopeful just moments before – seem to coalesce into a lament that echoes from the future into our present.

With her multimedia installation and cross-species fable, Anke Eckardt raises a multitude of questions. What is a voice, what is language, what is music? Who decides what counts as thought? And where does self-realisation as a concept lead us when we imagine a world no longer dominated by humans? The presentation of Moreth Anhuman H1N4 is Eckardt’s inaugural lecture at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.

Opening: 08.10., 18 Uhr

Austrian premiere

Concept and realisation: Anke Eckardt

Artistic assistant: Antuum

Inflatables production: Laura Kerschbaumsteiner

With thanks to Lea Sonnek and Dominik Lekavski.

Moreth Anhuman H1N4 is a production by ORF musikprotokoll. In cooperation with Kunsthaus Graz and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.

With the kind support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.

The original version of Moreth Anhuman was commissioned by the Musik Installationen Nürnberg 2025 festival (curator: Marie-Therese Bruglacher)

In Anke Eckardts multimedialer Installation und Fabel Moreth Anhuman H1N4 laden drei geheimnisvolle amorphe Wesen dazu ein, über speziesübergreifende Kommunikation nachzudenken.

In Anke Eckardt’s multimedia installation and fable Moreth Anhuman H1N4, three mysterious, amorphous beings invite viewers to reflect on cross-species communication.