[ GUNST ]

interruptions
radia #401: an interruption (live) + radia #209: even the dead wear headphones
[pls. scroll down for english version]

unterbrechungen.
zunächst ganz grundlegend mit lukas cejpek und michael fischer, die das wörterbuch an der entsprechenden stelle aufschlagen und auf ihre weise neu interpretieren, was dort zu lesen steht.
im anschluss lernen wir dann von einer londoner radio-performer, was es heissen kann, unterbrochen zu werden.

credits und hintergrundinformationen: siehe unten

[english]

interruptions. in many ways.
first some basics with lukas cejpek and michael fischer, reading from the dictionary – but of course in their own creative way:

"A live on air improvisation by Michael Fischer based on textfragments by Lucas Cejpek, dealing with interruption. The texts are part of a work in progress, a dictionary of a single word, which is INTERRUPTION." [M.F./L.C.]

Lucas Cejpek was born in 1956 in Vienna, where he is living as a freelance author and director of theater and radio plays.
Michael Fischer musician-composer in the range of improvised music, noise, new music, soundscapes on saxophone, violin, cd-player/mixer, conducted instant compostions Since 1999 working on the implications of the electro-acoustic phenomenon feedback. 2005 he launched the Vienna Improvisers Orchestra, working as an instant composition conductor also for other large ensembles. Concerts, performances, festival appearances as musician and cross-collaborator throughout Europe and Japan. Find out more atm.fischer.wuk.at.

afterwards, some related exercises – directly based on practice:

"This is a large-scale ensemble work which relies on bricolage. It follows the traditional (quite English) detective procedural format, chosen for ease of generating material. The script was developed in a couple of sessions with John Wynne's undergraduate students at the LCC. About ten of them contributed to the text in one way or another, ranging from small ideas to large portions of the finished dialogue. Others worked on gathering sound effects, providing incidental and live music and sound beds. Others still worked on the technicalities. Some people did a lot, and a few didn't turn up. […]
The final take was interrupted by a fifteen minute forced break (computer malfunction, inevitably) which threatened to destroy the momentum of the performance. No one of the performers (about 25 of them) could hear the whole thing as it unfolded, so there was a lot of trial and error and guesswork involved. The idea was that by sticking precisely to the script it would somehow work. In this edit you can hear the joins, flaws and false starts. I think it has enough charm to get by – and apologise in advance to the majority of Radia listeners for the very English and very text based nature of the work. Thanks to John Wynne for the gig, Ciaran Harte for his Wellesian vision, Chris Weaver for support and Nick Hamilton for the edit." [E.B.]

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;
lukas cejpek, michael fischer, radio orange, vienna, and radio helsinki, graz, for the musings on interruption(s);
ed baxter, his students and resonance fm, london, for letting us share headphones with the dead;
as well as radia.fm radio art network for being a crowd of incredibly creative partners.

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