Scherchen Circles
2015
Digital print on Forex
Four elements, double-sided, Ø 50 cm
Scherchen Circles consist of four discs hanging from the ceiling. Printed on one side is an image of the rotating loudspeaker ball invented by Hermann Scherchen at the Experimental Electroacoustic Studio in Gravesano. The loudspeaker is depicted as stationary and in motion. Printed on the other side is a text from the autobiography Aus meinem Leben Rußland in jenen Jahren (1984), where Scherchen recounts what prompted him to found the studio and his visions about it. The text is in the original German (red) and the first English translation (blue).
Further reading
Hermann Scherchen, The Gravesano Studio
Luca Frei, Hermann Scherchen - Alles hörbar machen. An introduction
Galerie Barbara Wien, 2015. Photo: Nick Ash