Sculptor Raimund Kummer and composer Daniel Ott present their project ‘5-5-5-5 cut’ conceived for Pariser Platz. Following the dialogue between Luc Tuymans and Edith Clever in autumn 2023, this is the second edition of the Akademie der Künste’s exhibition series in which two academy members from different artistic disciplines come together to develop a joint project.
Image above: Raimund Kummer Piano, 1981 Eingeschnittene Silhouette des Blüthner-Konzertflügels von Fritz Rahmann in Atelierwand, ca. 200 x 260 cm Raimund Kummer © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
The basic spatial idea of the intervention in the 5 historical exhibition rooms at Pariser Platz is the establishment of a central axis that cuts through all the rooms – cut. Up to 5 instrumentalists will move along this cut axis, which Raimund Kummer has vividly recorded with 5 fragments of his work, for at least 5 hours a day, performing a site-specific composition by Daniel Ott live over 5 weeks. The composed instrumental music uses musical cuts as a principle and reacts to a jointly produced soundtrack that makes walking audible as a recurring sound. The project is conceived as a musical, choreographic and spatial experiment and entices visitors to make spatial and auditory discoveries and encounters with the musicians in the space.
With: Jone Bolibar Núñez (clarinet), Jana De Troyer + Ruth Velten (saxophone), Rike Huy + Paul Hübner (trumpet), Josa Gerhard (viola), Adam Goodwin (double bass), Max Andrzejewski + Mikołaj Rytowski (percussion).
WHEN?
Vernissage: Wednesday, 09 April 2025, 7 pm
Exhibition dates: Thursday, 10 April – Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 14:00 – 19:00, Sunday, public holidays 11:00 – 19:00
WHERE?
Akademie der Künste
Pariser Platz 4
10117 Berlin
COSTS?
Admission: 10 EUR, 7 EUR, free up to 18 years, Tuesdays + Sun 4.5.
