ŽiŽi – How do my words sound?
The Ensemble Phoenix Basel plays text scores from the Druckstelle
How do my words sound? Are there loud and less loud sentences? Why does my text rustle, thunder or squeak? How can it be played with instruments?
The children at the Druckstelle explored these and other questions during the spring break. Together with the musicians from Ensemble Phoenix Basel, they explored the relationship between words and sound and used experimental writing and printing techniques to create their own compositions. The result of this exploration are several text scores, which are interpreted by the Ensemble Phoenix Basel.
Mediators:
Muriel Comby, Marcel Gross, Zora Marti, Sebastian Meyer, Mathis Rickli, Gladys Rüegsegger-Flores, Deborah Senn
Supported by the Swisslosfonds Basel
How does my drawing sound? Did I draw loudly or softly? Why does my print sound different in blue than in red?
The children of the “Druckstelle Basel” explored these and other questions together with the musicians of the Ensemble Phoenix Basel during an autumn holiday week. The children took on the role of composers and realized their sonic ideas in the form of graphic scores. Graphic notation plays an important role in contemporary music, because many sonic ideas cannot be conveyed through traditional notation. Using experimental printing techniques, the children investigated the relationship between notation and sound in a reciprocal process with the musicians of the EPhB.
The result of this exploration are several compositions, which will be interpreted by the EPhB.
Experimental tape music in the classroom: Pupils of two primary school classes in Allschwil were together with musicians of EPhB on the hunt for sounds and recorded their findings on tape. Framed by several solo pieces, interpreted by musicians of the EPhB, the eight small sound etudes, which the students composed in groups, were performed in the concert.
Workshops:
Sebastian Meyer – artistic and pedagogical direction
anne Jakobsson, Aleksander Gabrys, Francisco Olmedo, Lukas Rickli, Daniel Stalder – workshops support
Arev Imer, Christof Stürchler – audio design
Pupils of class 5h of the elementary school Allschwil with the teachers Géraldine Meier, Susanne Bitterli
Pupils of class 5f of the elementary school Allschwil with the teachers Brita Fuhrmann, Simone Salathé
Coproduction with ZeitRäume Basel