To hear on Sunday 2 and 9 February 2014, 2pm - 9pm
Catalogue of Noises no.1 / no.2
special piece for ohrenhoch [1:11:40]
by Zbigniew Karkowski
(* 17 March 1958 in Krakow, Poland; † 12 December 2013 in Peru)
“Die Wahrheit ist der Tod". Theodor Fontane (1819-1898)
On the occasion of the death of Zbigniew Karkowski in December 2013, 'ohrenhoch - the Noise Shop' presents his pieces or concepts "Catalogue of Noises no.1" (on 2 February) and "Catalogue of Noises no.2" (on 9 February), which he conceived for the Bassbox loudspeaker installation in ohrenhoch where they were presented for the first time in April/May, 2013.
Zbigniew Karkowski described his concept "Catalogue of Noises" for ohrenhoch as follows:
”as it's 100 years anniversary of 'the art of noises' by luigi russolo i'm preparing a special piece for ohrenhoch which will be kind of 'noise catalogue'. the piece will consist only of pure noises - like white noise, pink noise, brownian noise, fractal noise, black noise, grey noise, blue noise, violet noise, stochastic noise etc. i have some really good machines and software to generate all these kind of noises so i will create an interesting and as full as possible catalogue of it. sort of like 'catalogue d'oiseaux' of olivier messiaen but this time 'catalogue of noises' by zbigniew karkowski."
Zbigniew Karkowski
"Catalogue of Noises no.1" and "Catalogue of Noises no. 2" are now presented again, on Sunday 2 and 9 February 2014. We look forward, despite the sad loss of this extraordinary composer, to experience again "Catalogue of Noises" in this special space-sound situation with you.
For the premiere I made an interview with Zbigniew Karkowski about "Catalogue of Noises", I illustrated it, and published it as a booklet (limited edition). For the presentation in February 2014 a Special Limited Edition Booklet "Catalogue of Noises no.1/ no. 2" (5 copies) with the interview is published.
Knut Remond / ohrenhoch
Zbigniew Karkowski was an electronic music composer, linking the worlds of modern
composition and industrial music. He was a pivotal figure in the development of advanced noise.
Constantly on the road, he was a frequent performer on the geographical fringes of experimental
music culture as well as a mainstay on the established festival circuit.
Discografie Zbigniew Karkowski