MALICE IN SONDERLAND a real time audiovisual performance reflecting the contemporary relevance of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
Korhan Erel, sound composer, Istanbul
in cooperation with
Alexandra Reill, media artist, Vienna
MAK NITE© 01/2010
When:
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010, 8 pm
Where:
MAK - Museum of Applied Arts Vienna
Säulenhalle / MAK Columned Main Hall
julia margaret cameron, photographic study "Pomona" /
alice liddell as young woman, 1872 (detail) by lewis carroll
Malice in Sonderland deals with Lewis Carroll's famous novel Alice in
Wonderland (1865). In their audiovisual performance the sound composer Korhan
Erel, Istanbul, and the media artist Alexandra Reill, Vienna, work with the
original material of Norman Z. McLeod's feature film Alice in Wonderland shot
in 1933. With experimental digital methods they research the theme and plot of
the complex fairy tale and in the framework of the MAK NITE© perform a
phantasmagoric live interpretation, an improvisation composed of digital worlds
and abstract sound collages.
Erel und Reill reflect the relevance of Carroll's adventurous plot in
contemporay societies. Researching the theme, the artists found themselves
re-phrasing the title: Malice in Sonderland. Malice, the term describes the
intention to hurt, to damage, to act in hostility. And Sonderland? Today, what
is it that best characterizes capitalist societies, what makes these worlds so
special? Does a "hero" like Alice have to find her way in competitive societies
where in the end one can succeed only by fighting? Is it possible for her or
him to find the path in such societies? In performance-oriented societies,
which choices does the individuum have?
Creating "a brave new world behind the mirror", these and many more questions
are raised by Korhan Erel and Alexandra Reill on their journey through the
woven paths of Carroll's Wonderland.
Korhan Erel is one of the most relevant contemporary sound composers of
Istanbul and founding member of Islak Köpek, a free improvisation group
internationally known. On his laptop, he combines sound modules, oscillators
and digital algorithms turning into new instruments themselves. His
compositions blend industrial and found sounds forming sound textures and
acoustic collages.
Alexandra Reill is a media artist born in Vienna and at the time being living
and working in Hamburg. With her label kanonmedia she has been working on media
performances for years, in her work she often concentrates on sociocultural
themes and researches the sociological influences of digitalization and the
information age on human identities. Her digital worlds and live visual
compositions are characterized by profound thematic research, rhythmic
dramaturgies and the conscious setting of abstract visual languages.
MAK-Columned Main Hall, 5, Stubenring 5, A 1010 Vienna
Admission ? 9,90 incl. MAK-Guide / ? 7,90 / ? 5,50
Contact for press infos:
Monika Meryn
Olivia Harrer
Christiane Vogl
Tel. (+43-1) 711 36-229
Fax (+43-1) 711 36-227
pre...@mak.at
www.MAK.at
also visit:
www.kanonmedia.com
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call: ++ 43 -[0] 699 - 1- 820 70 03
write to: a 1070 vienna, 12/24, richtergasse
mail to: alexandra.reill [at] kanonmedia.com
ask for: alexandra reill
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