Christina Kubisch, WEAVING (2021). Courtesy the artist.
nyMusikk Trondheim and Kunsthall Trondheim presents Christina Kubisch's Score Exhibiton Hidden Waves. Score Exhibition is an exhibition concept developed by nyMusikk Trondheim, centre for contemporary music, presenting works by leading composers.
Kubisch belongs to the first generation of sound artists. Christina Kubisch's work displays an artistic development that is often described as Gesamtkunstwerk – the discovery of acoustic space and the dimension of time in visual arts on one hand, and a redefinition of relationships between material and form in music on the other.
As part of the exhibition Hidden Waves the audience is invited to experience the Trondheim edition of the artist's Electrical Walks. In Electrical Walks Trondheim the audience will receive a pair of special induction headphones and a map of the surroundings of Trondheim, on which the possible routes and electrical fields of particular interest are marked, the visitors can set off as individuals or as groups. Our perception of everyday reality changes when listening to the electromagnetic fields; things we have grown accustomed to appear in a different context. Nothing looks the way it sounds. And nothing sounds the way it looks.
Join Electrical Walks during the opening hours of the Kunsthall from Friday 19 August. The headphones and map can be picked up in the reception of Kunsthall Trondheim.
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Thursday 18 August
Exhibition opening
Kunsthall Trondheim
7 pm
Friday 19 August
Open exhibition
Kunsthall Trondheim
1 pm – 5 pm
Concert
Rådhussalen, Trondheim Folkebibliotek
7 pm
Cover: 150,- (student/member NMT)
250,- standard
Get yout ticket for the concert here!
Concert program Friday
Christina Kubisch
Emergency Solos – For Flute and Objekts (1974)
Alessandra Rombolà – Fløyte og objekter
Christina Kubisch
Electromagnetic work (2022)
Christina Kubisch
Christina Kubisch
Wien Landstraßefür Carola Baukholt (2016/2017)
For string quartet & electro-magnetic sounds
Trondheim Sinfonietta:
Eira B. Foss – Violin
Ragnhild Torp – Viola
Kari Birgitte N. Sandnes – Cello
Robert Gyurjan – Contrabass
Conductor: Rik de Geyter
Saturday 20 August
Open exhibition
Kunsthall Trondheim
1 pm – 5 pm
Artist talk
Kunsthall Trondheim
1 pm
Concert
Rådhussalen, Trondheim Folkebibliotek
7 pm
Cover: 150,- (student/member NMT)
250,- standard
Concert program
Christina Kubisch
Strømsanger (2022)
World premiere. Strømsanger is a brand new work commissioned by nyMusikk Trondheim
Trondheim Voices:
Ingrid Lode
Siri Gjære
Anita Kaasbøll
Heidi Skjerve
Sissel Vera Pettersen
Natali Garner
Monday 22 August
Electrical Walk guided tour with artist Christina Kubisch.
1 pm and 3 pm
Please note: limited access, maximum 10 persons each tour.
To sign up please write to: trondheim@nymusikk.no
For more information please go https://nymusikk.no/avdelinger/nymusikk-trondheim
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The exhibition Hidden Waves opens Thursday 18 August at 7 pm at Kunsthall Trondheim
The exhibition is open for the audience at the Kunsthall at these dates:
19.08–21.08, 1 pm – 5 pm
23.08–25.08, 1 pm – 5 pm
Closed: 22.08
ELECTRICAL WALKS/SOUND WALKS
Electrical Walks is available during Kunsthall Trondheim's opening hours, from Friday 19 August. Last chance to experience Trondheim’s hidden sound landscape is Thursday 25 August.
Maps and specially designed earphones to embark on the sound walk can be borrowed for free at Kunsthall Trondheim! For borrowing earphones, the visitor needs to leave their driving license or Visa card as a deposit.
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Artist biography
Christina Kubisch (b. 1948 Bremen, Germany) belongs to the first generation of sound artists. Christina Kubisch's work displays an artistic development which is often described as Gesamtkunstwerk – the discovery of acoustic space and the dimension of time in visual arts on one hand, and a redefinition of relationships between material and form in music on the other.
She has participated in international festivals such as the Venice Biennale (1980, 1982 and 2021), documenta 8 (1987) and Ars Electronica (1987,2010 and 2019). She has received numerous awards and prizes, such as the 2021 Giga-Hertz Award from the ZKM for her lifetime achievement. From 1994 until 2013, Kubisch was professor of audio-visual arts at the art academy in Saarbrücken, where she founded the department for sound art. She has been a member of Akademie der Künste since 1997. She lives and works in Berlin.
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About Score Exhibition
nyMusikk is Norway’s centre for contemporary music. nyMusikk’s main purpose is to promote the radical, experimental and genre-crossing music throughout Norway.
Since the first edition in 2011, nyMusikk Trondheim has developed the concept of Score Exhibition, a mixture of festival and exhibition where the works of leading composers are presented over several days in a unique format where performances are complemented by displaying graphic and non-traditional scores as what they actually are: works of art.
By both watching the scores and listening to the music, the audience is invited deeper into the artistic process of the composer, as well as the performers.
Previous editions of the Score Exhibition:
2011: Genesis exhibition (Grenager/Fongaard/Nordheim/Moe)
2012: Christian Wolff - Edges
2013: Wandelweiser – ort, zeit (klänge)
2014: Pauline Oliveros – The Deep Listening Pieces
2015: Listen With Care – KamFest – a retrospective look on KamFest composers
2016: Cornelius Cardew/AMM – From Scratch
2017: Jennifer Walshe – The New Dicipline
2019: Mats Gustafsson – Pieces of Peace & Fire!
2022: Christina Kubisch – Hidden Waves
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Hidden Waves and the public program are a collaboration between nyMusikk Trondheim, Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim Voices and Trondheim Sinfonietta. Supported by Arts Council Norway and Trondheim Municipality.