COD.ACT: πTON (Installation Performance)

in Kooperation mit Wien Modern

The sound installation πTon arose out of an experiment concerning the relationship between the distortion of elastic structures and the real- time synthesis of a human voice. A long rubber tube closed into a loop is animated by being twisted and contorted as if it were an invertebrate creature. Surrounded by four human beings holding loudspeakers, the “creature” appears to be trying unsuccessfully to free itself from its restraints. Its exertions and suffering attract the attention of the four human beings, who begin to generate simple and then increasingly complex polyphonic ritual movements to the sound of voices generated solely by synthetic means. Based on the raw materials and phenomena of the physical world, πTon unites organic movement and vocal expression in their most basic forms of expression. The result is an imposing audiovisual event that takes one on a journey back to the origins of human behavior. (Cod.Act)

Fri, 1.11.2024 5.15 pm

MAK Columned Main Hall

Installation: a hose/pipe lies on the floor

Opening + Live-Performance
Wed, 30.10.2024, 6 pm
Free admission

6 pm Opening
Martina Kandeler-Fritsch, Deputy Artistic Director, MAK
Bernhard Günther, Artistic Director, Wien Modern
Salome Meyer, Ambassador of Switzerland

6.30 pm Live-Performance
Cod.Act: πTon (2017) − 20'

Program
Cod.Act Performances featuring Sound Installation πTon (2017) − 20'
MAK Columned Main Hall
30.10.2024, 6.30 pm
31.10.2024, 5.15 pm
1.11.2024, 5.15 pm
2.11.2024, 5.15 pm
3.11.2024, 5.15 pm

πTon/2. Kinetic Sound Installation (2017 EA) − 14'
MAK Forum
31.10.−1.12.2024
will be performed daily at half-hourly intervals

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Tickets
Admission is free to the opnieng on 30.10. from 6 pm, a museum ticket is required on all other days

Regular online: € 15,50
Regular on site: € 16,50

Reduced online: € 12,50
Reduced on site: € 13,50

With Wien Modern Festival Pass online and on site: € 13,20

Free admission: children and teensunder 19
Further discounts and tickets at mak.at/visit

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Production Cod.Act: πTon:
Wien Modern and MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

With the kind support of the Swiss Embassy in Vienna and the Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council

πTon was realized with the kind support of État de Neuchâtel, Ville de la Chaux‐de‐Fonds, Commune de Valbroye, Fondation Ernst Göhner, Fondation Nicati-de Luze, Fondation Culturelle de la Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise,
Migros Kulturprozent, and Loterie Romande

πTon/2 was realised with the kind support of Faulhaber Drive Systems

A Production of Wien Modern and the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna