Charlemagne Palestine
area: Visual & Sound Art
Key Facts
nationality
USAarea
Visual & Sound Artresidence
Brusselsrecommending institution
TONSPUR Kunstvereintime period
November 2023 - November 2023Charlemagne Palestine, a composer and visual artist born in New York and living in Brussels, is one of the pioneers of minimal music, along with La Monte Young, Terry Riley and Philip Glass.
His best-known work is the album Strumming Music (1974), on which he plays two different notes in rapid alternation for over 50 minutes.
During his residency at the MQ, Charlemagne Palestine designs the seventh exhibition in the TONSPUR_display | Schauraum TONSPUR Kunstverein Wien (Sun 26.11., 17h), which opens in 2022 in the MQ Schauräumen.
Palestine's expansive installations and environments with a multitude of stuffed and plush animals are unmistakable. One such staging by the object and installation artist was on view at the Kunsthalle Wien on Karlsplatz in 2015.
How will Charlemagne Palestine stage the 'only' 10 m2 TONSPUR_display from the end of November until next spring?
With MINIMESHUGGAHHTONSPURLAANDTTTT!!! the pioneer of minimal music, who nevertheless refuses this label and claims the concept of maximalism for his music, already created an unforgettable sound installation in 2016 as a contribution to the TONSPUR_collection.
The two unmistakable disco spheres of the TONSPUR_passage are still reminiscent of the impressive TONSPUR 72, which, beyond sound, was the only installation to date that also contained visual, pictorial elements. The eight loudspeakers of the sound space, for example, were individualized with colorful scarves and bandanas. And the white boxes were even stylized into sounding heads and faces by means of glued-on pieces of black felt.