Tune

“I do think about sound in quite a three-dimensional way, so sculptural concerns of size, scale, density, asymmetry, intimacy, weight… how sound as an object can dominate a space… or imply surfaces like a sheen, a vibrancy or a distortion.” —Beatrice Dillon

Featuring Beatrice Dillon, Abdullah Miniawy, Christelle Oyiri, William Basinski, Stephen O’Malley, Kali Malone, Lucy Railton, Galya Bisengalieva, Lolina, JJJJJerome Ellis, Emiranda, Toxe, Mechatok, Caterina Barbieri, Jason Moran and Okkyung Lee

Tune is a series of short sound residencies at Haus der Kunst where artists are invited to present different strands of their work in the form of live performances of solo works and collaborations, screenings, and installations. It brings a special focus to artists working primarily in sound, and the opportunity for audiences to dive deeply into their worlds and practices.

In 2022 the presentation of sound works continues in conversation with the exhibitions in the museum, with a focus on sound’s texture, form and modes of performance. The invited artists move across genres, eras, and influences. Their practices are intensely focused, whether on microtonal composition or on exploring and expanding the sonic possibilities of a single instrument. Works look at the finer details of how sound constructs and decomposes time, with structures that emerge and dissolve, and drift between clarity and opacity. The program looks at the nature of making and performing sound, whether through collages and narrative driven works, walls of sound, tight composition, and improvisation.

Some of the artists appearing in the Tune program are also part of Echoes — a live exhibition Haus der Kunst presents in March 2022. Where in Tune an artist working primarily with sound is invited to present two or more performances, like a solo exhibition for musicians, Echoes concept works more like a group show for artists working in sound, time-based media and performance. Adbullah Miniawy, William Basinski and Christelle Oyiri all perform several works presenting Tune within Echoes.

Beatrice Dillon
Performance: Impossible Ideal Angle by Beatrice Dillon with Eve Stainton
February 11 and February 12, 2022, 8pm

Artist talk: Beatrice Dillon
February 12, 2022, 6pm

Installation Beatrice Dillon: Impossible Ideal Angle
February 12 — 14, 2022

Abdullah Miniawy
Film screening: I Am In the Sea Now by Abdullah Miniawy and Justin Urbach
March 3, 2022, 7.30pm

Performance: Abdullah Miniawy with Peter Corser
March 3, 2022, 8pm

Artist talk: Abdullah Miniawy
March 4, 2022, 7pm

Concert: Abdullah Miniawy with Carl Gari
March 4, 2022, 8pm

Christelle Oyiri
Screening with performance: Collective Amnesia: In Memory of Logobi by Christelle Oyiri
March 5, 2022, 4pm

Artist talk: Christelle Oyiri and Onyeka Igwe
March 5, 2022, 5pm

Sound performance: Crystallmess Godspeed
March 12, 2022, 8pm

William Basinski
Film screening: Melancholia: The Short Films of James Elaine and William Basinski, 1998 — 2003
March 6, 2022, 4pm

Artist talk: William Basinski
March 6, 2022, 5pm

Concert: William Basinski Lamentations
March 6, 2022, 8pm

Stephen O‘Malley / Lucy Railton / Kali Malone
Concert: Solo cello performance by Lucy Railton; Stephen O‘Malley Les Sphères (effondrez-les) accompanied by Kali Malone
April 29, 2022, 7pm

Artist talk: Stephen O‘Malley, Kali Malone and Lucy Railton
April 30, 2022, 6pm

Concert: Does Spring Hide Its Joy by Kali Malone feat. Stephen O‘Malley and Lucy Railton
April 30, 2022, 8pm

Galya Bisengalieva
Concert: Galya Bisengalieva Aralkum
May 20, 2022, 8pm

Artist talk: Galya Bisengalieva
May 21, 2022, 6pm

Concert: Galya Bisengalieva
May 21, 2022, 8pm