[ GUNST ]

re:religion
radia #351 global prayers religion'n'roll + radia #317 alarmist plot
[pls. scroll down for english version]

nun sag, wie du's mit der religion?
ist das etwa (k)eine gretchenfrage? so wird der ball hin- und hergespielt. zunächst bei religion'n'roll, von piko be aus berlin ursprünglich für die ausstellung global prayers produziert.
im anschluss wartet maxime blanpain aus brüssel – passend zum jahresbeginn – mit den düsteren prophezeiungen des maya-kalenders auf.
wie wir es mit dem einen und/oder anderen halten? nun, das dürfte abhängig von der antwort auf die eingangs gestellte frage sein.

credits und hintergrundinformationen: siehe unten

[english]

talking about religion? remember gretchen's question in goethe's faust?
a playback rather than an answer, no? first with religion'n' roll by piko be from berlin, produced for the exhibition "global prayers":

"Piko Be’s Religion’n'Roll Radio – Tobias Yves Zintel, Pollyester, Polyversal Souls Impressions of St. Agnes in Berlin, Kreuzberg – rent by a congregation named 'Citykirche'. Memories of The Church Of The Little Green Man – a gathering place for artists and outlaws. Sounds of the Theaterkapelle in Berlin, Friedrichshain – an eventspace, where also burials are taking place." [DMCC]

and afterwards – perfectly matching with the beginning of the new year – a follow-up by maxime blanpain from brussels with some dark prophecies from the mayan calendar:

"Some people say there are only 609 days left for human kind (according to the Maya calendar). Others pretend the Last Judgment is ongoing. Then that is little time to read again Mathew (24-25) or the Book of Revelations. This work started with the will to use the words of a preacher i recorded few years ago in Basel (CH).
Not that i wanted to discuss the relevance/rightness of an apocalyptic preach, but something in that speech had to be pursued.
That led me to associate the vehemence of the first part with a second one more breathing and rather speechless. Now, that breath of air could either sketch an interpretation of the Noah's journey on his arch (mentioned by the preacher), or be a response to the alarmists passion, or be a free space of no-response needed." [M.B.]

talking about religion? the anser is yours.

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;
piko be and reboot.fm, berlin, for rollin' rolllin' rollin' r.;
maxime blanpain, yann leguay and radio panik, brussels, for some unpredictable outcomes of some alarmist predictions;
as well as radia.fm radio art network for being a crowd of incredibly creative partners.