[Images from early 2007]
Bernhard Gal's Newsletter II/2007 - Sept. 7th, 2007
Hello and welcome to the second installment of this year's newsletter!
it's a busy time around here, so I won't write much...
Highlights of latish 2007 include:
- Installation at "Donaueschinger Musiktage, Germany"
- Three new installations in collaboration with Yumi Kori
(Providence, New York, Kobe)
- Two concert tours:
a) to China & Taiwan, November 2007
b) to the East Coast of the USA, December 2007
- Second edition of the Festival "Shut up and Listen!"
(as co-producer/co-curator)
- Two upcoming publications featuring a.o. works by B. Gal:
a) Alan Licht: 'Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Media.'
Rizzoli, New York City
b) '10 Jahre Singuhr-Hoergalerie in Parochial - Berlin'.
Kehrer, Heidelberg
- 'solo', my intermedia installation consisting of four remodeled
phone booths, is still on view in Gutenbrunn, Austria, until
the end of September 07.
Concerts, exhibitions, lectures are lined up in:
Providence, Munich, Berlin, Vienna, New York, Kobe, Madrid,
Vienna, St. Poelten, Donaueschingen, Beijing, Shanghai,
Guangzhou, Foshan, Shenzhen, Hongkong, Taipei, New York, ...
- please check if your city is on the list - hope to see you soon!
Below you'll find the usual shortlist of upcoming events, for
additional information just click the respective link...
Greetings from Berlin/Vienna,
Bernhard Gal
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http://www.bernhardgal.com
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Continuing Situations
Airport
May 2006 - indefinitely
Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin
Twelve-channel sound installation
Presentation times: Tue-Fri 11.00-20.00
http://www.bernhardgal.com/airport.html
http://www.mim-berlin.de
solo
June 30th - September 30th, 2007
Site-specific intermedia installation, featuring four
sound and light experience stations in public space.
http://www.bernhardgal.com/solo.html
Upcoming Events - Autumn / Winter 2007
Jukai
September 7th, 17.30 (opening)
Sept. 8 – Oct. 21, 2007
The David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence
Architectural installation by Yumi Kori, sound installation by Bernhard Gal.
http://www.bernhardgal.com/jukai.html
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_Bell_Gallery
Gal live at t-u-b-e
September 13th, 2007, 20.00
t-u-b-e galerie, Munich
Concert
http://www.bernhardgal.com/gal_live.html
http://www.t-u-b-e.de
I am sHitting in a room
September 14th, 2007, 19.30 (opening)
September 14th-30th, 2007
Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Berlin
Site-specific sound installation. Part of the Festival Interface 2007.
http://www.bernhardgal.com/iamsHittinginaroom.html
http://www.ballhausnaunyn.de
shinkai
Oct. 5th, 2007 - Jan. 13th, 2008
Japan Society, New York City
Architectural installation by Yumi Kori, sound installation by Bernhard Gal.
Part of the exhibition 'Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York'.
http://www.bernhardgal.com/shinkai.html
Defragmentation/blue
October 6th, 2007
Konzerthaus Vienna, Vienna
Concert as part of the IGNM Musikfest 2007, details tba.
http://www.konzerthaus.at
Hyohaku-no-Hakobune
Oct. 6th, 2007 (opening)
Oct. 6th - Nov. 25th, 2007
Kobe Biennale 2007, Kobe, Japan
Architectural installation by Yumi Kori, sound installation by Bernhard Gal.
http://www.kobe-biennale.jp
behape / Gal live
October 9th, 2007, 20:00
Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid
Concert at the Festival SonoAustria '07, featuring behape, a composition
for the clarinet duo "stump-linshalm", and a solo laptop performance
by Bernhard Gal.
http://www.bernhardgal.com/behape.html
http://www.bernhardgal.com/gal_live.html
http://www.esmadrid.com/ccvilla/jsp/centro.jsp?seccion=12&nivel=2
Current Installations
October 10th, 2007, 19.00
Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna
Concert and artist talk about current sound installation projects,
including solo, JUKAI, and Klangbojen (Donaueschingen).
http://www.bernhardgal.com/soundinstallations.html
http://www.alte-schmiede.at
Music - Intermedia - Art
October 11th, 14.00 - 17.00
Forum Akustische Medien, Fachhochschule St. Poelten (Austria).
Lecture about Gal's work in between the categories.
http://www.bernhardgal.com/soundinstallations.html
http://www.fh-stpoelten.ac.at
Klangbojen (Donaueschingen)
October 19th-21st, 2007, details tba.
New site-specific intermedia installation.
Commissioned by the Festival Donaueschinger Musiktage 2007.
http://www.bernhardgal.com/klangbojen.html
http://www.swr.de/swr2/donaueschingen/2007/-/id=2136608/1it1b6n/index.html
China / Taiwan Tour 07
October 26th - November 29th, 2007
Concerts and lectures in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen,
Guangzhou, Foshan, Hongkong, Taipei, etc.
Concert tour jointly with sound artist Christof Cargnelli.
Details soon tba here:
http://www.bernhardgal.com/china-tour_2007.html
http://www.christofcargnelli.com
Festival Shut up and Listen! 2007
December 4th - 7th, 2007
tba, Vienna
Second edition of the Festival "Shut up and Listen!",
curated by Ernst Reitermaier and Bernhard Gal.
http://www.sp-ce.net/sual/index.html
USA Tour 07
December 12th - 22nd, 2007
Concerts and presentations in New York City,
and other cities along the US East Coast.
Details soon tba here:
http://www.bernhardgal.com/usa-tour_2007.html
Upcoming Publications
Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Media.
Gal's composition '57A' will be featured in the audio section
of Alan Licht's book 'Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Media.'.
Rizzoli, New York City, scheduled for November 2007.
http://www.bernhardgal.com/relisten.html
http://www.rizzoliusa.com
10 Jahre Singuhr-Hoergalerie in Parochial - Berlin
Gal's exhibition 'RGBuSW' will be documented in this publication
about the sound art gallery 'singuhr-Hoergalerie in Parochial' in Berlin.
Kehrer, Heidelberg, scheduled for December 2007.
http://www.bernhardgal.com/rgbusw.html
http://www.kehrerverlag.com
Recent Publications
DVD 'Installations'
Gromoga, Austria March 2007
DVD documenting 26 sound installations
and intermedia art projects by Bernhard Gal.
http://www.bernhardgal.com/installations_dvd.html
http://www.gromoga.com
'triMIX' [CD/DVD set]
Innova Recordings, USA. March 2007
Contribution to the "triMIX"-Project, curated by TJ Norris.
Featuring Gal's composition 'le gocce dell'uomo del campo'.
http://www.innova.mu
http://tjnorris.net
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Bernhard Gál (a.k.a. gal)
artist | composer | musicologist
http://www.bernhardgal.com
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