Composition of a choral hymn, 2009
The project by Swiss artists Roman Keller & Christina Hemauer emerges from the medium of the collective human voice, the tradition of the aspirational social anthem alongside the artists’ long standing interest in energy use. The project started with the transportation of a wooden stage along the Rhine from Basel (where the Rhine begins), near the artists’ home, to Rotterdam (where the Rhine joins the sea). Upon arrival a local choir performed this anthem of hope-in-action (composed by musician Mathias Vetter in collaboration with the artists) on the stage, against a backdrop of local industry, to mark man’s changing relationship with fossil fuels and energy use.
The choir performances took place on the 7th and 8th November 2009 in Rotterdam's Haven Museum and in Maasvlakte respectively.
'Portscapes' is commissioned by the Port of Rotterdam Authority with advice and support from SKOR (Foundation for Art and Public Space) and is curated by Latitudes.
PORTSCAPES EXHIBITION AT MUSEUM BOIJMANS VAN BEUNINGEN
Between 30 January to 25 April 2010
http://www.boijmans.nl/nl/10/persberichten/pressitem/123
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The great Big Zis kindly re-interpreting Christina Hemauer/Roman Keller/Mathias Vetter's Postpetrolistische Internationale. On a sunny but freeeeeeaaaaazin' winter day of the year 2012 at Froh Ussicht.
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Rehearsal at the Swiss Art Awards 2009, Basel.
A short excerpt from a rehearsal of the Postpetrolistische Internationale. Recorded at ART Basel, 2009.
Composed by Mathias Vetter, lyrics by Hemauer/Keller, performed by Basler Kammerchor Notabene under the direction of Christoph Huldi. The piece is part of an ongoing art project by Swiss artists Christina Hemauer and Roman Keller.
Up to now the following choirs have performed either the German or English version of the piece:
"Good Oldies" (Denmark) under the direction of Vibeke Mølgaard Hansen
"Fermate" (Netherlands) under the direction of Lieven Cooiman
"Haags Ad Hoc" (Netherlands) under the direction of Benjamin Bakker
"Kammerchor Notabene Basel" (Switzerland) under the direction of Christoph Huldi
"Die Winterthurer Singfrauen" (Switzerland) under the direction of Franziska Welti
"Open to everyone" (Switzerland) under the direction of Anna Maria Caleb Kunz
Installation of Latitudes’ space at Tate Modern Turbine Hall. The piece, among others, has been screened in the car interior. Photo: Latitudes (Max Andrews and Mariana Cánepa Luna)
