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KG Augenstern Tentacles 2014 / 2015 NETHERLANDS Nijmegen Berlin BELGIUM Charleroi Maastricht GERMANY Paris FRANCE Amarages de Maguelone The artist group Augenstern (Christiane Prehn and Wolfgang

In July 2014 the MS Anuschka left Berlin in the direction of Paris before reaching their final destination in the south of France in November 2014.

2 KG Augenstern Tentacles 2014 / 2015 NETHERLANDS Nijmegen Berlin BELGIUM Charleroi Maastricht GERMANY Paris FRANCE Amarages de Maguelone The artist group Augenstern (Christiane Prehn and Wolfgang Meyer) have lived and worked on the ship Anuschka for many years. In July 2014 the MS Anuschka left Berlin in the direction of Paris before reaching their final destination in the south of France in November On the way, the crew examined numerous bridges, spanning rivers and canals. Using tentacles installed on board to scratch the bridges, the ship turned into a sensitive, perceiving and sounding laboratory interacting with the territory. Each of the bridges passed has its personal soundprofile, created by its shape, its practical use and its way of construction. During the journey KG Augenstern presented audiovisual performances that could be observed and heard along the banks. Exhibitions of Tentacles - installations where shown in contemporary art spaces at Arles and Valence. A complete documentation of the sound recordings can be heard on the SoundWays application. 2 3

BERLIN Spandau Reichstag Marschallbrücke Oberbaumbrücke Liegeplatz Rummelsburg Havel Track 1 Km 0 25 (8:31) Berlin Crossing busy Berlin on a windy day, we

Unfortunately one of the bridges turned out to be too low because of the high water level.

3 BERLIN Spandau Reichstag Marschallbrücke Oberbaumbrücke Liegeplatz Rummelsburg Havel Track 1 Km 0 25 (8:31) Berlin Crossing busy Berlin on a windy day, we navigated the Spree and Havel. There are 30 bridges from the east to the western city boundaries and their height just permits our boat to pass. Unfortunately one of the bridges turned out to be too low because of the high water level. So, instead of scratching it with the tentacles, we scratched it with our top-tent, which lead to a long cut that had to be repaired later that day (You can hear that). In the very beginning, you hear the sounds of our mooring place in Berlin-Rummelsburg

4 6 Berlin Spree, Oberbaumbrücke Berlin Spree, Marschallbrücke 7

Mittellandkanal BERLIN Nijmegen Rhein Dortmund- Ems-Kanal Münster Hannover DÜSSELDORF Track 2 Km 25 700 (9:41) From Berlin to Nijmegen (NL) On the way between Berlin and River Rhine, we traveled on

5 Mittellandkanal BERLIN Nijmegen Rhein Dortmund- Ems-Kanal Münster Hannover DÜSSELDORF Track 2 Km (9:41) From Berlin to Nijmegen (NL) On the way between Berlin and River Rhine, we traveled on the Havel River and most of the time on the Mittellandkanal, which is quite boring and has a lot of commercial traffic. We passed Hannover and Münster with its 7 bridges at the Dortmund- Ems Kanal, and then took the River Rhine in the direction north with its very high bridges, which our tentacles couldn t reach. 8 River Havel, Brücke Kirchmöser 9

6 10 Mittellandkanal around Hannover Dortmund-Ems Kanal around Münster River Rhine 11

Nijmegen (NL) DÜSSELDORF Maas Canal du Centre (B) Maastricht Valencienne (F) Charleroi (B) Sambre Canal du Nord (F) Saint Denis (Seine) PARIS Track 3 Km 700 1500 (5:59) Through the

Our initial plan was, to travel further on the Sambre didn t work because some locks where closed for reconstruction.

7 Nijmegen (NL) DÜSSELDORF Maas Canal du Centre (B) Maastricht Valencienne (F) Charleroi (B) Sambre Canal du Nord (F) Saint Denis (Seine) PARIS Track 3 Km (5:59) Through the Netherlands and Belgium to Paris We turned south, up the river Maas through Maastricht, Namur and on the river Sambre to Charleroi in Belgium. Our initial plan was, to travel further on the Sambre didn t work because some locks where closed for reconstruction. So we continued on numerous canals reaching France on the river Schelde. From there we took the Canal du Nord (where we had another scratch-cut in the top tent because one bridge was lower than indicated) and the river Oise arriving on the Seine only a short distance left to Paris

8 14 Maastricht Maas Canal du Nord Oîse Seine 15

Saint -Denis Canal de L Ourcq Track 4 Km 1500 1530 (12:40) Seine Pont Mirabeau Pont Royal Pont Neuf Paris (Canal de L Ourcq and Seine) From La Vilette in central Paris, we took the quite industrial

Back on River Seine, PARIS unfortunately it was a very windy journey and the 19 bridges from the western city borders to Pont Neuf where hard to record.

9 Saint -Denis Canal de L Ourcq Track 4 Km (12:40) Seine Pont Mirabeau Pont Royal Pont Neuf Paris (Canal de L Ourcq and Seine) From La Vilette in central Paris, we took the quite industrial Canal de L Ourcq (where we performed for Bande Originale, an art event) direction north on a rainy day with eleven very nice bridges with a good height for our tentacles. Back on River Seine, PARIS unfortunately it was a very windy journey and the 19 bridges from the western city borders to Pont Neuf where hard to record. In addition to that, our professional microphone collapsed leaving us with just a mobile phone for the recordings Tentacles Performance Bande Original, Paris, Aug Friday morning we scratched the bridges with KG Augenstern. Thanks to 6 hours daily navigation, they finally made it just in time for BO, having left Berlin the first of July on board of their ship Anuschka. Some accidents and channel closures later, KG Augenstern consisting of Christiane Prehn and Wolfgang Meyer, have moored their battered boat (the roof was torn passing a bridge, the second motor developed problems ) at the confluence of the two channels, the Ourcq channel, well known by the BO fans, and the Saint-Denis channel. On a weekday with rainy weather, the navigation on a private ship has a completely different sound quality as the weekend boats in the ambiance of the summer tourist season. Here, Anuschka has sometimes to give way to those impressive ships of Lafarge Cement Factory or has to ask for the permission to turn. And also, on a rainy August morning, the canal de l Ourcq is completely different: very rare joggers and dog walkers and an ambiance allotted to work: and there they are at work, Christiane and Wolfgang. How many bridges they have scratched already? They don t know that exactly but some hundreds. And the end of the game? To establish a sound cartography of the bridges from Berlin to Paris and further more from Paris to Arles where the German artists are expected to arrive at one time or another to prepare an installation at Galerie Huit in the framework of Arles Contemporain in April And if one asks them if they are able to recognise the sound quality of a bridge before they pass it, they answer with a smile that it s not the structure of concrete or metal of a bridge that signs for its characteristic sound, but that it is much more a question of rhythm. Annick Rivoire, Blog au fil de la BO 16 17

10 18 Paris Canal de l Ourcq Paris Seine, Pont Mirabeau Paris Seine, Pont Royal Paris Seine, Pont Neuf 19

PARIS Marne Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne Saône Lyon (centre ville) Track 5 Km 1530 2020 (4:52) From Paris to Lyon We travelled the Marne River and its canal upstream where we had quite rainy

11 PARIS Marne Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne Saône Lyon (centre ville) Track 5 Km (4:52) From Paris to Lyon We travelled the Marne River and its canal upstream where we had quite rainy weather. To be able to undergo the very low bridges of the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne we had to put down the top tent and steer under open sky for some days. The canal is very narrow and in some parts very muddy which only allows low speed and makes steering quite hard. Additionally there are up to twenty locks to pass every day so we where quite happy to be back on the rivers on the Saône which brought us to Lyon. Tentacles live-stream at Soundgallery Ohrenhoch-the noise shop, Berlin, Sept During navigation on River Marne, two entire sundays of the journey including the bridge scratchings were screened via audiovisual livestream from the ship Anuschka in the gallery space of ohrenhoch and to the web-site Ohrenhoch TV. 20 Schiff 014 Curator: Knut Remond 21

12 22 River Marne, Railway Bridge Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne 23

13 24 Saône Mâcon Saône, Pont Saint Laurent 25

Paserelle de Sait Geomes Saône Track 6 Km 2020 2040 (1:41) Lyon We passed the ten bridges of central

14 Pont Masaryk Pont Georges Clémenceau Pont du Maréchal Koenig Paserelle de l Homme de la Roche Pont de la Feuillée Pont Saint Vincent Pont du Maréchal Juin Paserelle du Palais de Justice Rhône Pont Bonaparte Paserelle de Sait Geomes Saône Track 6 Km (1:41) Lyon We passed the ten bridges of central Lyon having quite nice weather. 26 Lyon Saône, Pont St. Vincent Lyon Saône, Passerelle du Palais de Justice 27

Lyon Valence Rhône Avignon Montpellier Arles Maguelone Track 7 Km 2014 2450 (5:17) From Lyon to the Mediterranean coast near

Bridges are high there because the water level alternates some meters depending on the weather.

15 Lyon Valence Rhône Avignon Montpellier Arles Maguelone Track 7 Km (5:17) From Lyon to the Mediterranean coast near Montpellier The big Rhône River took us south very fast with the help of the current. Bridges are high there because the water level alternates some meters depending on the weather. Near Arles we entered the little Rhône and the Canal entre Rhone et Sète. At the very end you can hear the sound of our winter mooring place at 6 am with different birds including flamingos

16 30 Vienne River Rhône Donzère River Rhône 31

17 32 River Rhône, Pont d Avignon Arles River Rhône Little Rhône 33

18 34 Carnon Canal du Rhône à Sète Canal du Rhône à Sète, winter mooring 35

19 Track 8 (4:51) Scratching a tunnel The sound of a tunnel on the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne 36 Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne, Balesme tunnel 37

on a bottle dryer. All the sounds of the bridges are played together as a cluster.

20 Track 9 (1:50) Tentacles Synthesis Installation, mixed media, Arles, April 2015, Galerie Huit, Arles Contemporain All the tentacles that where used are installed on a bottle dryer. All the sounds of the bridges are played together as a cluster. Stimulated by speakers, the noise of the cluster makes the tentacles tremble

Track 10 (2:26) Tentacles 2 Installation, mixed media, Valence, June 2015 vary according to the room.

clockwork. Through a flexible are suspended on rotating electric motors.

repeatedly to the still in permanent, randomly change.

21 Track 10 (2:26) Tentacles 2 Installation, mixed media, Valence, June 2015 vary according to the room. The installation turns with Seven buoys discovered on the beach of the Mediterranean the slow precision of a clockwork. Through a flexible are suspended on rotating electric motors. At each of the suspension with roaps, the movements and sounds are buoys a tentacle is attached, which comes repeatedly to the still in permanent, randomly change. Materials, limits of its field of action and then, scratches at walls at structure, shape and acoustics of the room are auditively 40 the floor or the ceiling. The produced sounds and rhythms and visually transformed in a permanent process. 41

Tracks: 1. Berlin (8:31) 2. from Berlin to Njimegen (9:41) 3. Through the Netherlands and Belgium to Paris (5:59) 4. Paris (12:40) 5. from Paris to Lyon (4:52) 6.

Installation Tentacles 2 (2:26) all pictures except p 21, p 38, p 39 by Kg Augenstern p 21 Ohrenhoch Berlin, Foto: Katharina Moss p 38 39: Galerie Huit, Arles,

biz KG Augenstern 2016 2014 Tentacles in SoundWays The application SoundWays changes life into a cinematic experience, providing a portable facility with the latest

SoundWays is an audio platform dedicated to the creating, editing and sharing of geolocalized sound walks.

experience of theenvironment and the territory. SoundWays allows the professional and the non-professional user to create and share soundtracks of the daily life.

22 Tracks: 1. Berlin (8:31) 2. from Berlin to Njimegen (9:41) 3. Through the Netherlands and Belgium to Paris (5:59) 4. Paris (12:40) 5. from Paris to Lyon (4:52) 6. Lyon (1:41) 7. from Lyon to the Mediterranean (5:17) 8. scratching a tunnel (4:51) 9. Installation Tentacles Synthesis (1:50) 10. Installation Tentacles 2 (2:26) all pictures except p 21, p 38, p 39 by Kg Augenstern p 21 Ohrenhoch Berlin, Foto: Katharina Moss p 38 39: Galerie Huit, Arles, Fotos: Edwin Fauthoux-Kresser Mastering: Tomislav Bucalic Design: Sebastian Ristow KG Augenstern Tentacles in SoundWays The application SoundWays changes life into a cinematic experience, providing a portable facility with the latest technologies of electro acoustic music and sound recording. SoundWays is an audio platform dedicated to the creating, editing and sharing of geolocalized sound walks. Soundways offers to the user the possibility of unedited along the way environment related listening, of orientation and geolocalisation: a psychoacoustic in-vivo experience of theenvironment and the territory. SoundWays allows the professional and the non-professional user to create and share soundtracks of the daily life. While depositing murmurs, bubbles of geolocalized sounds, and while reading those bubbles creating audio walks, the user of SoundWays gives sound to the space he explores. Tentacles has its proper channel in SoundWays. KG Augenstern Tentacles Field Recording Series by Gruenrekorder Germany 2016 Gruen 170 LC EAN: KG Augenstern 2015 Field Recording Series by Gruenrekorder Germany 2016 Gruen 170 LC EAN:

23 KG Augenstern Tentacles KG Augenstern Tentacles BERLIN Field Recording Series by Gruenrekorder Germany 2016 Gruen 170 LC EAN: PARIS Maguelone 45

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