IKARUS
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IKARUS
Two interwoven chords shift to and fro while one of the two machine-generated sounds spins upwards and the other downwards.
Here, man at play – there, the self-running machine. In the static motion the observer feels the polarity of the forces at work.
Christoph Herndler
© Christoph Herndler
Christoph Herndler
Christoph Herndler, born in 1964, lives and works as a composer in Gaspoltshofen, Upper Austria. He studied organ, composition with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, and electro-acoustics in Vienna and the U.S. (CCRMA, Stanford University). In 1997 he founded the ensemble EIS. His works include graphic and intermedia scores that can also be presented in extra-musical forms as well as notation sculptures and works for video.
1997 | IKARUS