Eight pioneers and their visions, their research, expertise, thirst for discovery and courage are at the center of PIONEERS 52 Hz, Linzer Klangwolke 24, presented by Sparkasse OÖ and LINZ AG. Just like the pioneers, who were often ridiculed in the beginning for their ideas, their drive to explore and questioning of the status quo, today it is the visionaries who open up new paths and teach us time and again how important it is not to rule out the seemingly impossible. Let’s embark together on a fantastic journey of discovery, starting in the depths of the ocean and ending in distant galaxies, where life is breathed into oversized figures by the Catalan artist group La Fura dels Baus. Why outer space? Gustav Holst’s world-famous orchestral suite The Planets, paired with a sound design by La Fura specially developed for Linzer Klangwolke 24, provides the musical basis for this year’s production. Holst’s The Planets is one of the very few compositions to be influenced by astrology. Why to the depths of the oceans? Let’s delve into the mystery of where the inexplicable sounds of “the loneliest whale in the world” or, in other words, the frequency 52 Hz, which is present as an ocean echo in many research projects, come from. Also to experience the spectacular 45th Linzer Klangwolke 24 together with a unique sound and light show and fascinating video projections titled PIONEERS 52 Hz.
PIONEERS AND THEIR BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENTS FOR HUMANITY
When we think of pioneers, we recall the “magician of electricity”; the pioneer of child psychoanalysis; the first woman ever to study mathematics and physics and later participate in the research that led to the Nobel Prize; one of the most important female choreographers of all time; the pioneer of primate research, who was the first to study wild chimpanzees and sees the protection of the planet as a top priority; the founder of modern science, who proved that the planets move around the sun; one of Austria’s most popular and controversial painters and representatives of Viennese Art Nouveau; and the scientist who coined the word “radioactive.” And what do their respective brilliant achievements have to do with Klangwolke 24? It is precisely these pioneers, idea generators and visionaries, their life stories, their courage, their “otherness”, their belief in their own research and questioning of the status quo that are the focus of this year’s Klangwolke production, because they are all pioneers! Under the title PIONEERS 52 Hz, Klangwolke 24 is dedicated to precisely these people: Melanie Klein, Pina Bausch, Mileva Einstein, Gustav Klimt, Marie Curie, Johannes Kepler, Nikola Tesla and Jane Goodall.
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Präsentiert von Sparkasse OÖ und LINZ AG