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Human Metronome (2018)
Anachronism, Hamburg, Germany

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Six people performs as human metronomes. They follow their own notion of 60 bpm and are not synchronized or calibrated to follow each other. They keep on going, trying to function as machines struggling to blend out the world around them.

“Human Metronome” is a meditative piece and sonically quite rough and "grindy". The asynchronous mechanical beats will probably let the listening audience feel resemblance with the former machine room of the German concert ship Stubnitz, in which the performance took place.

Essential to the piece is the human being’s sense of time and “self-time” in a world in which the pace seems to be constantly accelerating and huge parts of society moves on the verge of exhaustion.

“Human Metronome” is part of Louise Vind Nielsen’s sound-based performative works in which she lets humans take over the roles of machines and thereby embody musical instruments. Most recently in the performance “Human Amplifier” where her live music are exclusively amplified by human speakers. 

Concept and composition:
Louise Vind Nielsen

Performers:
Florian Bräunlich, Marzena Chilewski, Björn Gailus, Felix Gienger, Nanna Hansen & Jessica Anna-Herden.

Curation:
Anachronism

Thanks to:
The Stubnitz-Crew

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»It appears that time as a universal human measure has been obliterated. Clocks and watches have been confiscated. A shield conceals the changing colour of the sky. Everyone is forced to become their own clock, teasing out a vague memory of what those mechanical measures used to feel like.«

- Jack Chuter about the tape release Louise Vind Nielsen - “Human Tape Metronome” (2018, MAGIA)

Human Metronome (2018)
Anachronism, Hamburg, Germany

Six people performs as human metronomes. They follow their own notion of 60 bpm and are not synchronized or calibrated to follow each other. They keep on going, trying to function as machines struggling to blend out the world around them.

“Human Metronome” is a meditative piece and sonically quite rough and "grindy". The asynchronous mechanical beats will probably let the listening audience feel resemblance with the former machine room of the German concert ship Stubnitz, in which the performance took place.

Essential to the piece is the human being’s sense of time and “self-time” in a world in which the pace seems to be constantly accelerating and huge parts of society moves on the verge of exhaustion.

“Human Metronome” is part of Louise Vind Nielsen’s sound-based performative works in which she lets humans take over the roles of machines and thereby embody musical instruments. Most recently in the performance “Human Amplifier” where her live music are exclusively amplified by human speakers. 

Concept and composition:
Louise Vind Nielsen

Performers:
Florian Bräunlich, Marzena Chilewski, Björn Gailus, Felix Gienger, Nanna Hansen & Jessica Anna-Herden.

Curation:
Anachronism

Thanks to:
The Stubnitz-Crew

»It appears that time as a universal human measure has been obliterated. Clocks and watches have been confiscated. A shield conceals the changing colour of the sky. Everyone is forced to become their own clock, teasing out a vague memory of what those mechanical measures used to feel like.«

- Jack Chuter about the tape release Louise Vind Nielsen - “Human Tape Metronome” (2018, MAGIA)