Ernst Reijseger
Raum für Klangvisionen
According to the cellist Ernst Reijseger, “Musical boundaries are there so that one can cross them”. He likes looking across these boundaries to other art forms. Film-lovers will undoubtedly know him for the compelling music he wrote for documentaries by Werner Herzog. Reijseger has already been working regularly with the American abstract painter Jerry Zeniuk since the 1980s. For their latest project, Zeniuk did a gigantic painting measuring 5 metres square in the Art Pavilion at the botanical garden in the centre of Munich. Joost Guntenaar photographed the whole process. Every movement and every change on the canvas was recorded. From minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day. Guntenaar then transformed this image by image into a time-lapse film. In this way Zeniuk’s painting gave rise to a new artwork. And this video installation is the starting point for Ernst Reijseger’s solo improvisation. Reijseger creates a fascinating world of sound in which dreamlike soundscapes and melodies alternate with furious, hard-core rhythmic performances. The result is an experience of sound visions that are both acoustically and visually compelling.
Works
Improvisaties voor cello solo met video-installatie