[ GUNST ]

counting (forever)
radia #215 counting years + radia #57 and now eternity
[pls. scroll down for english version]

zeit zählen.
von jetzt an zurück in die vergangenheit – weil du nicht weisst, auf welche zukunft du zählen kannst?
oder gleich gar nicht mehr zählen – weil sich von der unendlichkeit so ohnehin nicht erzählen lässt?

zwei mögliche antworten auf diese fragen:
auf die erste von einwohnerInnen zweier flüchtlingslager in amman, die von jörg köppl und peter zazek in zusammenarbeit mit fawzy emrany eingeholt worden sind.
und auf die zweite von lemurone, radio lemurie. keine zählung – aber möglicherweise doch eine erzählung.
in klang.

credits und hintergrundinformationen: siehe unten

[english]

counting time.
from now on backwards – as you never now how to count on the future?
or not counting anymore anyway – for eternity is not calculable in the end?

two possible answers to these questions:
to the first one by inhabitants of two refugee camps in amman, jordania. collected by jörg köppl, peter zazec, and fawzy emrany.
to the second one by lemurone from radio lemurie. not a counting, but rather an acount. in sound.

on "counting years":

counting years is based on a radio and sound art project that took place in 2007 in amman, the capital city of jordan, in the framework of 'no condition is permament'- an art project in public space initiated by the swiss artist rayelle niemann.

it is for the first time that ammann encouners interventions in public space, conducted by artists from jordan, egypt, palestine, lebanon, and switzerland.

during their stay of one month jörg köppl and peter zazec worked together with the artist fawzy emrany from gaza – and people from palestine living in two of the thirteen long term refugee camps existing in jordan.

the three artists asked inhabitants of the camps – some of them being already the third generation growing up in jordan – to count years, starting with the year of their birth into the future and finishing with a year oft their personal choice.

the voices were sorted by duration of counting and piled together to a show that was broadcasted on radio ammannet, the first internet radio of the arab world (founded in 2000).

for a second version, the piece was enriched with the jingle the small gas delivery trucks in amman use, and played for two days via the speakers of two of these trucks.

the piece for radia is the third version, a radio edition created by jörg köppl in april 2009 for radiator x – radio art @ radio x and radia.fm.
special thx by miss.gunst for the collaboration!

credits
miss.gunst would like to thank the following artists and sound collectors:
jovica for the space machine, corsica s for some beautiful radiator sounds;
jörg köppl, peter zazec, fawzy emrany and the inhabitants of the camps for counting for us;
lemurone from radio lemurie taz, prague, for bringing us closer to eternity;
as well as radia.fm radio art network for being a crowd of incredibly creative partners.