Praeludere (ballads from the 20th century) consists of an artist publication as a set of four verbal scores that can be activated inside or outside, sitting, standing or walking, alone or with others, with or without instrument. It was commissioned by the CAB collection and ‘The Book Artist as Explorer’ exhibition curated by David Faithfull at Impact 8, DJCAD, Dundee in 2013. It was acquired by the Saison Poetry Library, Centre des livres d'artistes, and Chelsea College of Arts collections.
This is part of a body of work (videos, prints, artist book) exploring the notion of the ballad as being somewhere in between a walk and a song; writing, drawing, seeing and walking are understood here as simultaneous acts of marking and reading (space).
Sitting still somewhere, with the Praeludere score to map where I am, what I see / hear / feel, using drawing, writing and voice to express and preserve that fleeting experience.
The exhibition in Kunstraum was an installation of previous traces of previous Praeludere ballads, videos, sound work, drawings and photographs from London and Neufelden which provided the setting for the Fifth activation of the Praeludere score.
First performance ‘From Neufelden to Düsseldorf’ - 69 mins
with Antoine Beuger (flute), Marcus Kaiser (cello), Emmanuelle Waeckerle (voice, whistle).
Second performance ‘From London to Düsseldorf’ - 54 mins
with Antoine Beuger (flute), Sandra Schimag (voice), Renate Hoffmann Korth (voice, wind machine), Emmanuelle Waeckerle (voice, whistle).
