Andreas M. Kaufmann
Dziewior, Yilmaz, Artforum International
GALERIE RIVET
In 1962, the Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti premiered his Poeme Symphonique, a musical piece for a hundred metronomes. By positing the metronome as the performer of the concert (the pendulum weights were set so that each beat at a different speed), the work inverted the normal functions and roles of practical aids and musical instruments. Although he was perhaps not explicitly referencing Ligeti, Andreas M. Kaufmann practiced a similar reversal in his recent exhibition "Move," distributing twenty-seven metronomes across five levels of scaffolding and the gallery floor. The uneven clicking of the metronomes marking various times filled the space with what …
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Publication information:
Article title: Andreas M. Kaufmann.
Contributors: Dziewior, Yilmaz - Author.
Magazine title: Artforum International.
Volume: 38.
Issue: 5
Publication date: January 2000.
Page number: 122.
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