UP4: here, now

This recording was made for the installation of Helen Meyer Harrison and Newton Harrison's project proposal 'Tibet is the High Ground' as part of a series of lectures, concerts and performances entitled 'Good Gut Friedrichstein' near Bonn, Germany in 2004. The organising curatorial group 'Survival Aesthetics' invited the Harrisons to present aspects of their extensive body of eco-political artworks as the focus of these events.

Niklas Zimmer writes: "Music is in essence a revolutionary language, continually rewriting its own code. I wanted to contribute a sense of peace, to see and hear with the heart. I recorded a large variety of metal percussion instruments, including tibetan gongs and prayer bowls, cymbals, sound sticks, discs and a toy vibraphone. The piece, although initially produced for this specific sound installation, can also be used for meditation and relaxation."

The simple cardboard cover design by nurse!designs as usual manages to be beautifully evocative and informative.

listen to a 60 second clip of the track:
(reduced resolution .mp3 file)

HereNow_preview.mp3

installation views photographed by Sophia Simons: