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The Prix Ars Electronica Archive is a collection enabling search and viewing of all the submissions since 1987. The award-winning projects are documented with catalogue texts and audio-visual media. All other submissions can be searched by title/artist and displayed with year, category in list form. Please cite the credits (artwork name, artist and photographer) and only use the materials if your article is related to Ars Electronica.
Drumming is an Elastic Concept
Josef Klammer
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Staged solo concert for percussion and electronics
Since the mid-1980s Josef Klammer has been continuously working as a musician and media musician on the tonal enhancement of his instrumentarium, and on the exploration and transformation of media-immanent music potentials.
His first full-length solo program, *Trommeln ist ein Dehnbarer Begriff* (*Drumming Is an Elastic Concept*), is an anthology of his intensive efforts and their realization under the direction (scenic design) of Ernst M. Binder. The project’s title is based on the Kunstradio program *Membran*, which Klammer created live on the Austrian national radio station Ö1 in 2008. Instead of the usual plastic drumheads, Klammer used latex skins. As a result, the drumbeats were slowed down and stretched, until only the “breathing” of the drum was audible. Thus the title not only stands for the visual illustration of a process, but also as a metaphor for the adaptation and enhancement of the instruments using analog and digital aids.
Links: http://klammer.mur.at
Since the mid-1980s Josef Klammer has been continuously working as a musician and media musician on the tonal enhancement of his instrumentarium, and on the exploration and transformation of media-immanent music potentials.
His first full-length solo program, *Trommeln ist ein Dehnbarer Begriff* (*Drumming Is an Elastic Concept*), is an anthology of his intensive efforts and their realization under the direction (scenic design) of Ernst M. Binder. The project’s title is based on the Kunstradio program *Membran*, which Klammer created live on the Austrian national radio station Ö1 in 2008. Instead of the usual plastic drumheads, Klammer used latex skins. As a result, the drumbeats were slowed down and stretched, until only the “breathing” of the drum was audible. Thus the title not only stands for the visual illustration of a process, but also as a metaphor for the adaptation and enhancement of the instruments using analog and digital aids.
Links: http://klammer.mur.at
Concept, music, controller, percussion: Josef Klammer
Scenic design: Ernst M. Binder
Light design and sound engineering: Geari Schreilechner
A co-production with dramagraz
Supported by the Styrian State Government, the City of Graz, SKE Fund
Thanks to: Liquid Music and Werkstadt Graz
Scenic design: Ernst M. Binder
Light design and sound engineering: Geari Schreilechner
A co-production with dramagraz
Supported by the Styrian State Government, the City of Graz, SKE Fund
Thanks to: Liquid Music and Werkstadt Graz
Josef Klammer (AT), born 1958 in Lienz, is a musician and media artist. Initially he worked as a photographer, then studied drums at Music University Graz. Since the mid-80s Klammer has worked continuously developing his instruments and sound whilst maintaining his involvement in research and the transformation of media-immanent music potentials. He has participated in numerous exhibitions, concerts and festivals all over the world, as well as numerous and regular concerts and recordings with a wide variety of ensembles playing new improvised electronic and experimental music. He is a curator for various festivals and initiatives, music projects and workshops at schools. In 1994 he received the award for computer music from the Austrian Ministry of Art and Science.