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On 27 December 1831, the HMS Beagle took to sea under the command of
Captain FitzRoy. The goal of the expedition was to complete the
surveying of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego begun during its first
voyage and to carry out a range of chronometric measurements in various
places throughout the world. On board was the young Charles Darwin, who
recorded his impressions of this five-year odyssey in his daily log,
The Voyage of the Beagle. The descriptions and observations in it would
germinate into his theory of evolution, as formulated over 20 years
later, after a period of extremely intensive research and meticulous
reflections, in his main work, On the Origin of Species.Statment LOKAIThe expedition would, however, not only result in a revolutionary idea, it would also profoundly change the life of Darwin, who boarded the Beagle as a young theology student and disembarked as a naturalist. The spatial transition from one port of landing to another went along with a personal transformation. It was not a case of a previously developed theory leading to the journey and thus change, but rather the change itself making possible the theory. Far from any kind of goal-oriented thinking at the outset, it was a question of interest being awakened by a heretofore unexplored world. Statment Anat StainbergThis is the starting point of the work “Transition Part 2” by Florian Kmet and Stefan Németh (alias lokai), follow-up project to their latest album release “Transition” (thrill jockey, 2009). Passages from The Voyage of the Beagle show Darwin as an attentive, by no means humourless and extremely curious observer and budding biologist. His talents as a writer in depicting the various landscapes and experiences of Nature come through as well. Sound collages and concrete music excerpts pick up on these text images, contrasting with and building on them. The focus of the work is not so much on the original venues but rather on the process of change and movement, the transition between musical or geographical elements. The branching out of sound levels leads listeners to an audio landscape that stands on its own and gradually distances itself from the text. This leaves each listener free to formulate his or her own interpretation of many passages in this amalgamation of narrative and sound material, thus creating a multi-layered tale out of an apparently linear report. The common thread throughout is the transition itself. Lokai are Florian Kmet and Stefan Németh. Voice: Anat Stainberg Supported by SKE austromechana. STEFAN NÉMETH Born in 1973 in Baden bei Wien. Studies in biology. Since 1995, active on the cutting edge between electronically and acoustically generated music. Permanent member of the Radian (with Martin Brandlmayr and John Norman) a Lokai Groups (with Florian Kmet). Cofounder of the experimental recording labe Mosz. Music for films, videos and installations. http://www.radian.at http://www.lokai.at FLORIAN KMET Born in 1973 in Innsbruck. Studies in classical guitar (concert and voice teaching diplomas) at the Vienna M Academy. Since 1991, active as a musician, singer and composer. Member of lokai, Trio Exklusiv, Fatima Spar & ff, Superlooper and participant in the solo project KMET Music for theatre, performance and radio. http://kmet.klingt.org http://www.lokai.at ANAT STAINBERG Performance artist, writer and video maker, with traditional theater and film background – originally an actress from Tel Aviv and since 2004 based in Europe. Her works were shown at Galleries (Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam), Performance-Centers (Tanzquartier, Vienna) and Music and film festivals (Wien Modern, UNIMOVIE Italy). LINK: http://oe1.orf.at/artikel/242963 |
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