Introduction
something in the air combines various concerts, performances and installations of new music, accompanied by sound works from the haubrok collection. On September 17, the Summer Festival at FAHRBEREITSCHAFT includes Ari Benjamin Meyers's Serious Immobilities (Module 4/instrumental version).
For the exhibition the sound works from the haubrok collection are distributed both indoors and outdoors. On view are artworks by Phil Collins, Martin Creed, Jason Dodge, Isa Genzken, Rodney Graham, Pierre Huyghe, Emily Jacir, On Kawara, Jonathan Monk, Ayumi Paul, Susan Philipsz, Peter Piller, Stephen Prina, David Shrigley, Anri Sala, Johannes Wohnseifer, Heimo Zobernig
October dates to be announced soon.
Summer Festival at FAHRBEREITSCHAFT
Ari Benjamin Meyers, Thomsen Merkel and Nico van Wersch
FAHRBEREITSCHAFT, Berlin
September 17, 5:45–6:30pm
www.haubrok.org
On the occasion of Berlin Art Week, a summer festival was organized in close cooperation with the tenants of FAHRBEREITSCHAFT, showing visitors the diversity of activities on site through a wide range of musical contributions.
From 5:45–6:30pm on September 17, Thomsen Merkel and Nico van Wersch performed Serious Immobilities (Module 4/instrumental version), a composition by Ari Benjamin Meyers to be performed in an exhibition venue. The piece originally consisted of 9 flexible modules lasting 6-8 hours and was scored for voices (minimum 3, un-amplified), electric guitar and electric bass. This performance is an excerpt from Module 4 in a version for electric guitar and bass alone. The title Serious Immobilities is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the instructions that Erik Satie wrote on the score of his composition Vexations: "In order to play the theme 840 times in succession, it would be advisable to prepare oneself beforehand, and in the deepest silence, by serious immobilities."