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ACHIM WOLLSCHEID at the at the Goethe-Institut w/ Jason Lescalleet
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Maria Klein
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Oct 13, 2009 06:49 PDT
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston present
Achim Wollscheid
with Jason Lescalleet
Goethe-Institut Boston
170 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02116
8 p.m. / $10
617.262.6050
About the artists
ACHIM WOLLSCHEID is a media artist whose work over the past 20 years
has been at the forefront of experimental music. He has performed and
presented installation projects internationally. His work in sound has
led to an interest in the relation between sound, light and
architectural space, which he pursues through public, interactive and
electronic projects. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Wollscheid
recorded several LPs and cassettes under the name Swimming Behavior of
the Human Infant (S.B.O.T.H.I.), including collaborations with
Merzbow, Asmus Tietchens, and P16.D4. He is a founding member of
Selektion, an organization for the production and distribution of
information systems. Wollscheid’s book, The Terrorized Term, was
published by Selektion in 1999, followed by Selected Works in 2001.
In Achim Wollscheid’s work, the art object is reduced to a systematic
response to a given situation: lights react to passers-by, sound banks
play back in response to voices and ambient noise, lights dim
randomly, objects and rooms resonate against the drumming of small
hammers. Through applying these systems of interaction and response,
the art object as a singular body disappears in order to reveal the
broader, delicate interplay of multiple bodies within social space.
JASON LESCALLEET makes his music using a collection of vintage
reel-to-reel tape recorders and simple electronics, running loops of
crumpled tape between machines. He blends layers of found sound,
amplified silences, and artifacts of everyday noise, all transformed
through various microphones and speakers. Lescalleet has built a
reputation for delivering a visceral live experience in his concert
performances.
In addition to his solo work, Lescalleet has performed and recorded
extensively with nmperign, as well as Greg Kelley and Bhob Rainey
seperately. Other key collaborators have included Phill Niblock, Joe
Colley, Graham Lambkin, John Hudak, Jason Kahn, and Thomas Ankersmit.
He lives in Maine.
The Goethe-Institut Boston is the official cultural institute of the
Federal Republic of Germany, one of 142 worldwide. The mission of the
Goethe-Institut Boston is to foster international cultural cooperation
and present a comprehensive picture of Germany by organizing and
supporting a wide spectrum of events focused on cultural, political
and social topics in Germany and Europe today. The institute also
offers German language classes to promote the knowledge of the German
language abroad.
For more information and our current schedule, please visit:
www.goethe.de/boston
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