Light as Air

by Felix Hess, Bernd Schulz (Editor), Rolf Julius

Overview

"I am not investigating in the objective world; I am investigating sensitivity." In this quotation, sound artist Felix Hess reveals a lot about his works of art: In his fragile-looking objects and installations, he constructs detectors to register sound waves, which we cannot perceive because they lie outside our range of hearing. Hess opens up a whole new world of unheard sounds and thus extends our encountering of reality.

Includes an Audio CD.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783933257659
Publisher:	Kehrer Verlag
Publication date:	09/01/2003
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	894,667
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.60(d)
Language:	German

About the Author

Julius (*1939) has gained international reckognition through numerous group- and one-man-shows. 1983/84 he received a PS1 stipend and created several pieces of art for areas of NYC. He exhibited and performed in many American Cities (San Francisco, L.A., Boston, Tucson, Seattle) and participated in the documenta 8, Kassel, Germany. Laureate of honor of the German Sound Art Award 2004.

Table of Contents

	Wenn du empfindsam bist, offnet sich die Welt	7
	When you are sensitive, the world opens	15
	Fur felix	20
	For felix	21
	Ich forsche also nicht in der objektiven Welt, ich erforsche Sensibilitat	23
	I am not investigating in the objective world, I am investigating sensitivity	31
	Listen	38
	Hore	68
	Field of Felix (japanisches Original)	97
	Field of Felix	99
	Felix' Feld	101
	Biografie / Biography	105
	Vortrage, Performances und Ausstellungen / Lectures, Performances and Exhibitions	107
	Bibliografie / Bibliography	113
	Tonaufnahmen / Sound Recordings	118
	Autoren / Authors	119
	Dank / Thanks	121
	Luftdruckschwankungen	124
	Air pressure fluctuations	126