solo - Conceptual Details

With solo, Bernhard Gal continues his artistic investigation of the perceptual potential and interactions of sound and light.

For other related works see a.o. RGB (2001), Klangbojen (2003), becuadro (2008), mil águas (2009), Sterngucker (2011)

The title of this installation does not refer to a solo performer, but to the intimacy of the percipient
– used phone booths are turned into such spaces, offering a rather private experience within the public sphere.
The visitors get confronted with their own perception and awareness.

Each phone booth displays a designated colour, for these four light spaces in red, green, blue, and violet Bernhard Gal
created corresponding musical compositions. The windows of the phone booths are covered with colour and transparency films,
resulting in different light and translucency constellations, depending on the time of the day.

The installation was realized with used phone booths kindly being provided by the Austrian phone company Telekom Austria.


Production details of the premiere presentations in 2007

1. Musik aktuell 2007, Tulln (Rathausplatz) June 2007, produced by Musikfabrik Niederoesterreich
2. Musik aktuell 2007, Gutenbrunn, July - October 2007, produced by Kulturinitiative Weinsbergerwald
Technical Director: Günther Bernhart
Supported by Musik aktuell 2007 and Telekom Austria.


Production details of the presentations 2008-2009

Klagenfurt - Lakeside Science & Technology Park, Austria; Nov. 7th, 2008 – Feb. 2nd, 2009
Producer: UNIKUM, Klagenfurt

Braunschweig – Part of the project 'stadtklaenge | klangstaetten', Lessingplatz; May 5th – June 28th, 2009
Producer: Allgemeiner Konsumverein, Braunschweig