FRANKE NEUMANN . MODULE 2.4

APR
2009
MZIN
Leipzig
Franke Neumann - Module 2.4
Patrick Franke / Daniel Neumann
MODULE 2.4
Concert for glass sheets, computer, and room microphone

For the concert MODULE 2.4 three glass sheets are used instead of conventional loudspeakers to play back a composition from Patrick Franke. This composition is made from audio recordings of a Dan Flavin exhibit*. Franke selected sounds that represent a spatiality as they resonate with the glass sheets.
As the composition is played back, Daniel Neumann records the emerging sound in the room and generates live his portion of MODULE 2.4. He uses a  multitrack re-recording technique in which the room functions as an architectural filter and is played as an instrument.
In this performance, the focus is on the acoustic communication within a defined media system. The limits of the system are given, for example, by the acoustic properties of the glass sheets. Following the methods of musique concrète or tape music, the manipulation of the materials is limited. So that the piece is transparent, and tangible, Franke and Neumann don’t use effects or plugins.

*Dan Flavin - Eine Retrospektive - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 2006