HIPP -
HALL

The sound installation about the gradual fabrication of buildings while listening III in the

Hipp - Halle in the context of the Festwochen Gmunden continues explorations of the relationship between music and architecture from my earlier works for the State Hall of the Austrian National Library and the Wittgensteinhaus in Vienna.

The architectural-mathematical relationships of the Hipp Hall, such as the spatial dimensions (height, width and length), spatial proportions or column positions are analyzed and transformed to shape the parameters of pitch, volume, timbre and rhythm. The acoustic analysis e.g. of the hall characteristics or the inherent resonances of the room deals with the sounding - concrete space.

The main sound material for the sound installation as well as the sound intervention are recordings of the low strings baroque cello and double bass. These sounds are

tuned according to the findings described above, post-processed with the computer, mixed and then burned onto 6 CDs, 12 precisely positioned loudspeakers

project these sounds into the room for the duration of the sound installation, the Hipp Halle becomes the resonating body of their own music.