Duration
7.10.23, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Admission
Free
Info
Through a sonic practice that explores interconnectedness and transformation, Taiwanese-Canadian composer and musician Alex Zhang Hungtai creates music that transcends genre and medium. His Dirty Beaches project drew critical acclaim with the 2010 release of Badlands. Under other aliases he worked more improvisationally, reshaping various instruments and sounds into a form of ritual music.
Hungtai’s work as a composer for film began with documentaries and eventually led to the score for 2018’s August at Akiko’s, a film he starred in. He can also be seen playing saxophone in season three of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks.
For his TUNE residency, he will draw on the audio phenomenon of feedback, using a saxophone, gong and microphones, creating self-intensifying sonic spaces that underscore the plasticity of time and self.
On the first evening, he will present a solo performance.
On Saturday, 7.10. the second evening of the TUNE Residency, two performances in two different rooms of the Haus der Kunst explore the dimensions of consciousness and autonomous sound. Artist Tadleeh will perform live in the Terrasselsaal, where her sound work “My Bed, My Rules” is installed from 28.7.23 - 21.1.24. Alex Zhang Huntai will then perform in the auditorium and end the evening with an artist talk with curator Sarah Miles.
Admission to the artist talk is free of charge.