Friday, 4 November 2022, 7:30 pm

GingerEnsemble: Ausgerenkte Kräfte – Forces disloquées

Free admission with collection, no booking required

With their programme titled "Ausgerenkte Kräfte - Forces disloquée" ("Dislocated Forces"), the GingerEnsemble, together with the composer Peter Streiff, creates a balancing act between subtle environmental noises, physical presence and lively electronics. Dislocations are entirely desirable in this work, which attempts to expand the boundaries of conventional performance formats with a mixture of concert, performance and installation. The title is based on Kurt Schwitters' 1920 painting "Ausgerenkte Kräfte (Merz-Bild)" ("Dislocated Forces (Merz Picture)"), an assemblage of wood, metal pen, fabric, paper and oil on cardboard, held together by a frame of roof battens, which represents the beginning of an epoch that also marks the emergence of performance art and experimental music.
For the 2022 autumn tour, the GingerEnsemble is now going on a release tour, so to speak, with guest composer Peter Streiff, of his just-published, finely edited publication "Musical Concepts, 1968 - 2019", a book containing over 90 compositional works. This publication by the Bernese composer, born in 1944, whose compositional focus is on chamber music works and musical concepts, forms a cornerstone of the programme "Ausgerenkte Kräfte - Forces disloquée". In keeping with the spirit of the GingerEnsemble, five new compositions will be created around this cornerstone and will be premiered in autumn 22.