MAK NITE© 01/2010 MALICE IN SONDERLAND
An audiovisual live performance by Korhan Erel, Istanbul, & Alexandra Reill,
Vienna
When:
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010, 8 PM
Where:
Museum of Applied Arts - Columned Hall, 5, Stubenring, A 1010 Vienna
julia margaret cameron, photographic study „Pomona“ /
alice liddell as young woman, 1872 (detail) by lewis carroll
Malice in Sonderland [the German descriptor sonder evokes the exceptional
or peculiar] centers on Lewis Carroll’s famous novel Alice in Wonderland
(1865). In their audiovisual performance, sound composer Korhan Erel from
Istanbul and Viennese media artist Alexandra Reill start with original material
from the 1933Alice in Wonderland film directed by Norman Z. McLeod. Using
experimental digital methods, they examine the theme and the story of this
profound fairytale and interpret it live at MAK NITE© with a fantastical
improvisation composed from digital images and abstract sound collages.
Erel and Reill question the societal relevance of Carroll’s bizarrely
adventuresome story. The artists’ research on the topic led them to formulate
the title anew: Malice in Sonderland. Malice: this playful change in the
wording refers to the desire to injure, to do damage, to act in a hostile
manner. And Sonderland? What characterizes capitalist societies today? What
makes such worlds so special? Must—and can—a “hero” or a “heroine” such as
Alice find her bearings and make her way in a society characterized by
competition, in which one must fight in order to ultimately prevail? What
choices does an individual have in unscrupulous societies that are oriented
toward high performance?
Korhan Erel and Alexandra Reill pose these and numerous other questions
on their journey through the twisted paths of Carroll’s Wonderland, and in
doing so they create a bold new world “through the looking glass”.
Korhan Erel is one of the most important contemporary sound composers in
Istanbul, and a founding member of the internationally known free improvisation
group Islak Köpek. He combines computers with sound modules, oscillators and
digital algorithms, the result being a new instrument in its own right. His
compositions are based on industrial and found sounds, which he uses to create
sound textures and acoustic collages.
Alexandra Reill, born in Vienna, is a media artist; she currently lives
and works in Hamburg. On her “kanonmedia” label, she has for years been
creating productions employing various new media. She invests her work with
sociocultural themes, examining the societal and sociological repercussions of
digitalization and the information age for human identities. Her digital visual
worlds and live compositions are characterized by comprehensive thematic
research, rhythmic dramaturgies and the conscious employment of abstract formal
language.
MAK Columned Main Hall, Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna
Admission € 9.90 with MAK guide / € 7.90 / reduced € 5.50
MAK Press
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Tel. (+43-1) 711 36-229
Fax (+43-1) 711 36-227
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