A mechatronic exploration of song and counterpoint
Der Komponist Thies Mynther (auch bekannt von Bands wie Phantom Ghost und Chicks on Speed), der Theatermacher Veit Sprenger (Showcase Beat le Mot) und der bildende Künstler Tobias Euler (Gründer des legendären Jonny Knüppel in Berlin) haben eine interventionistische Musikmaschine entwickelt, die zunächst zu Ehren des herausragenden Musikers Moondog gebaut wurde. The Moon Machine ist eine mobile Musikinsel, eine Bastelarbeit aus pneumatischen Instrumenten und mechatronischen Klangmaschinen, Sonnenschirm, Signalhörnern und akustischen Kollisionswarngeräten. 2019 erbaut, erforschen die drei Künstler ihre performativen Möglichkeiten in unterschiedlichen Kontexten, nach Ausstellungen und Shows in Münster und Hamburg ist das Ars Electronica Festival die dritte Reisestation der Maschine. Ausgehend von *Moondogs* Werken und seinen Instrumentenerfindungen wie der Trimba oder den Dragon’s Teeth ergänzen die Künstler den Kanon des Komponisten mit eigenen Melodien, Gedichten und musikalischen Experimenten.
Credit: vog.photo
Credit: vog.photo
Credit: vog.photo
Credit: tom mesic
Project Credits / Acknowledgements
A Production of Thies Mynther and Veit Sprenger in Coproduction with Theater at Pumpenhaus Münster, Flurstücke Festival and the Kunsthalle Münster, supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste.
Biografie
Tobias Euler (born 1977) studied the liberal arts at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. His scope of activities includes graphic design, illustration, photography, interactive installations, mechatronics and music. In addition to various exhibitions Tobias Euler collaborated in theatre productions and developed scenography concepts, interactive sound objects and large-scale kinetic installations.
Thies Mynther (born 1968) is a composer, lyricist, producer and performer and as such has contributed to over a hundred album releases. In the early 2000s he extended the focus of his activities to sound design and score composition. Since 2012 he has dedicated himself to conceiving playful hybrids of digital media and performative means to produce contemporary, art-related forms of musical theatre.
Veit Sprenger (born 1967) is a theatre maker, author and producer. He is founding member of the theatre group Showcase Beat Le Mot, with whom he has produced theatre pieces, performances, art actions and music videos since 1998. To date he has produced more than forty theatre pieces, which were staged in sixteen different countries.
