rückbau (2011)

Near the village of Wierthe, west of Brunswick at the railway Hannover-Braunschweig in the northern part of Germany, the NORDZUCKER AG has operated one of the largest sugar factories in the region.
Not only during the annual three-month campaign the various sounds and noises deeply influenced the soundscape in the environment. Built in 1866, the factory was dismantled after the end of production on 31.12.2005 from 2006 to 2009. At the site a solar park was built instead.The composition "rückbau" is about these very specific sounds of demolition and dissolution.


Soundscapes of abandonment as well as soundscapes of building are audible only for a limited time at a specific place, but sometimes for years. They are omnipresent parts of the industrial culture in the world. The enormous energy that is required to builda large factory is, conversely, also used for their dissolution. Both have a deep impact on the acoustic sphere. At the end of the composition the only sound mark of the village Wierthe returns and is to be heard in the distance. Besides the aspect of documentation the idea of deconstructing mainly influenced the formal and structural work as well.

electroacoustic, stereo, 04:55

Premiere at "The Global Composition - Conference on Sound, Media and the Environment", Darmstadt, 28.-28.07-2012.
 

 

 


rückbau - (2011) - excerpt