The International Liquid Sound Festival – for the fifth time in succession and as unique as ever. Underwater art for all the senses, round the clock, day and night, awake and dreaming. Presentations on dry land and performances in the water – live-experiences with sound, light, video, dance, whale and water art from around the world. A delight for bathing lovers from near and far – and deep nights are free!
Bathing in the Gesamtkunstwerk
Ever since the New York Times recounted their visit to the "water-filled concert hall", the Toskana Therme thermal baths in Bad Sulza and Bad Schandau and the Liquid Sound concept have acquired international fame. In addition to the regular full-moon underwater concerts, once a year we create a special opportunity to experience the unique combination of water and culture: the Liquid Sound Festival. For the fifth time in succession, multimedia artists and friends of whale song will present a new and compelling programme and invite the bathing public to bathe in the Gesamtkunstwerk of sound and performances above and below the water, with light and video projections through the day and through the night.
New in Bad Sulza: on Friday from 3 p.m. onwards, there will be a 'dry-land' introduction in the conference center with lectures on related aspects to the festival: informative contributions on art and sound in water, on the acoustic world of the whales and the scientific and therapeutic aspects of liquid sound.
Toskana Therme Bad Sulza
Wunderwaldstraße. 2a
D-99518 Bad Sulza
Germany
Tel. +49 (0) 36461-91085
badsulza@toskana-therme.de
Toskana Therme Bad Schandau
Rudolf Sendig Straße 8a
D-01814 Bad Schandau
Tel. +49 (0) 35022-54610
badschandau@toskana-therme.de
Festivalpartner
AT-Verlag, WDCS, Planetarium Jena, Manikin Records, Hotel an der Therme Bad Sulza, Interspecies Communication, AguaSonic.
Festival partner:
AT-Verlag, WDCS, Planetarium Jena, Manikin Records, Hotel an der Therme Bad Sulza, Interspecies Communication, AguaSonic.
Ticket-Info
The Festival Ticket: 30 €
Valid from Friday 3rd Nov 7.pm. to Sunday 5th Nov 10 p.m. for three individual visits.
Alternatively spend all weekend in the Therme!
The Whenever I Feel Like It Ticket.
Regular entrance fee, whenever you feel like it, at no extra cost (day ticket valid until midnight).
The Deep-Night Freebie Ticket.
Between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. – come and bathe for two hours for free!
Programme overview Bad Sulza
Friday, 3rd November 2006 – Day 1 / Night 1
- 3 p.m. Conference Center - 'Dry' introduction to the festival, to art and sound in water and the scientific and therapeutic aspects of water, with
Franz Aumüller: 'Oskar Fischinger und die Visualisierung von Musik.' Volkhardt Stürzbecher: 'Kugel-Projektionen.'
Dr. Karsten Brensing (WDCS). 'Die akustische Welt der Wale.' Presentations from the book by Jim Nollman: 'Mit den Walen singen.' (AT Verlag),
Prof.Dr. Ralph Spintge: 'Musik in der Medizin.'
Moderated by: Micky Remann.
A closer look at the origins of Liquid Sound, the manifold interrelationships of sound and light, healing and water. In German language – see the German website for further information.
- 8 p.m. Concert. Brass & More from Weimar.
Wind quartet from classics to blues. www.nathangingrich.ca
In the Toskana Therme, Friday is traditionally the day for 'underwater classics' – the four fantastic musicians from Weimar begin the Liquid Sound Festival with a concert worthy of the Friday tradition.
- 10 p.m. Reading: "Josephine reads Napoleon beautiful stories" (in German language)
Not just sounds but also words can be heard crystal clear under water. Reason enough to lie back in the water and listen to charming Josephine (Lena Libertá) tell her husband Napoleon beautiful stories. Stopping by in their time travel from the past, both will appear in original costume.
- 11 p.m. Brass & More 02.
- 12 p.m. Midnight Special.
Kaidu: Pulsar, the sound of space. Sounds from out of this world composed and visualised by the Kaidu-artists Tengu Taku and Flowrider.
The hour after midnight is just perfect for outer world sounds, especially when spiced with concoctions from contemporary musicians and visualised by VJ Flowrider from the legendary Cocoon-Club in Frankfurt/Main.
- 1 a.m. DJ / VJ Night session: Flowrider
Audiovisual greetings from the Cocoon-Club in Frankfurt/Main.
- 2 a.m. Sound and images for dreamers and mermaids
- 8 a.m. Liquid Sound Temple. "AquaWellness Special"
Glide into the dawn with Musia Heike Bus from the Institute for Aqua Wellness. An Aqua Wellness session has to be one of the most special experiences to be had in the Liquid Sound temple. Half dreaming, half dancing, the body awakens to its true elasticity. Guided by professional therapists AquaWellness is the ideal seamless transition from festival night to festival day.
Saturday, 4th November 2006 – Day 2 / Night 2
- 8 p.m. Concert: Electronic Dream Time. Liquid Session 01
Trio Broekhuis, Keller, Schönwälder. www.manikin.de
The German-Dutch Trio are founding fathers of underwater music. In numerous sessions and Liquid Sound CDs they continue to find new sequences for electronic dream time in water.
- 10 p.m. : "Josephine reads Napoleon beautiful stories" (in German language)
- 11 p.m. Electronic Dream Time. Liquid Session 02
- 12 p.m. Midnight Special: "The Belly of the Whale Project", Jim Nollmans CD www.interspecies.com, visually accompanied by Mark Fischer's Whalegraphs, http://aguasonic.com.
Jim Nollman has spent centuries capturing the most exciting voices of the underwater world, from the melancholic singing of the whales to the avant-garde crackle of the crabs. Musicians from around the world have taken his original recordings and created the most fantastic compositions out of them. This musical meeting of water and land musicians is accompanied by Mark Fischers "Whalegraphs", beautiful visualisations of whale song.
- 1 a.m. Electronic Dream Time. Liquid Session 03
Trio Broekhuis, Keller, Schönwälder. www.manikin.de
- 2 a.m. Sound and images for dreamers and mermaids
- 8 a.m. Liquid Sound Temple. "AquaWellness Special"
Glide into the dawn with Musia Heike Bus from the Institute for Aqua Wellness.
Sunday, 5th November 2006 – Day 3 / Full-moon night
- 6 p.m. Conference Centre, Lecture and presentation
Alexander Lauterwasser: "Wasserklangbilder"
www.wasserklangbilder.de
The philosophical photographer Alexander Lauterwasser shows us the aesthetic principles which set acoustic vibrations in water in motion. With his Water-Sound-Images he shows us an optical representation of the secret structures of acoustic activity. In his lecture he provides a background to his art, before demonstrating them in the water. Interested listeners and viewers should also read his books published in AT-Verlag.
- 8 p.m. Toskana Therme: "Wasserklangbilder"
to be heard underwater, to be seen on the video wall.
www.wasserklangbilder.de
- 10 p.m. Toskana Therme, Full moon concert:
"Nachtkaffee-Lieder" – Nightcafé songs
Andreas Max Martin & Band www.andreas-max-martin.de
As part of the Jazzmeile Thüringen www.jazzmeile.org
Andreas Max Martin enchants, inspires and entices! Overflowing fantasy and subtle humour characterise both the text of his songs as well as the unmistakeable conference – listeners can expect atmosphere, style and well-being. The optimal way to round off the days and nights of the Liquid Sound Festival. www.andreas-max-martin.de.
- 12 p.m. Full moon special
- 2 a.m. - Close -
Programme overview Bad Schandau
Friday, 3rd November 2006 – Day 1 / Night 1
- 7 p.m. Changing images and projections throughout the Toskana Therme
The Toskana Therme Bad Schandau has two unique visual attractions – the fine spray screen next to the outdoor pool and the dome projection in the Liquid Sound Temple. Both are used to full effect during the festival. The entire thermal baths will themselves be 'bathed' in new light and colour. With projections from The Night Lab www.tnl.de and Tina Zimmermann, who has composed special water-image-worlds especially for us.
- 8 p.m. Dance performance:
'Devi Dance Company'. Beate Gatscha and Madlen Werner with their exhilarating mixture of Bollywood, indian Kathak-dance and sword and oriental dance – all at the waters' edge.
www.beate-gatscha.de, www.devi-dance.de.
Beate Gatscha and Madlen Werner have a long history in classical Indian Kathak-dance and Bollywood-dance, the modern dance of Indian films. They also integrate elements from oriental dance, Indian martial arts and modern dance. They complement traditional dance and Bollywood hits with their own choreographies and experiments in expressive dance and cultural cross-over – exciting entertainment with style and class.
- Between the dance performance two sound masters from Dresden, "FM Circus" and "[micro:form]" provide refined relaxed excitement on the turntables.
- The mysterious pseudonym [micro:form] stands for a musician with a broad musical horizon. His performances in Germany's music and club scene are legendary and he is known under many guises both as a DJ and as radio play producer – Stachy, hofuku, sochi.
The Dresden-based artists has put together a special live-concept tailored to the underwater world of the Toskana Therme Bad Schandau. With the laptop as central musical instrument, he will integrate the sounds of the Toskana Therme into the musical performance.
- The multi-talented Live Act FM Circus, also from Dresden, will demonstrate his impressive skills as an underwater specialist. Atmospheric sounds meet gentle beats unfurling into a night-time underwater sonar experience.
- 12 p.m. Midnight Special: "The Belly of the Whale Project"
Jim Nollmans CD www.interspecies.com, visually accompanied by Mark Fischer's Whalegraphs, http://aguasonic.com.
Jim Nollman has spent centuries capturing the most exciting voices of the underwater world, from the melancholic singing of the whales to the avant-garde crackle of the crabs. Musicians from around the world have taken his original recordings and created the most fantastic compositions out of them. This musical meeting of water and land musicians is accompanied by Mark Fischers "Whalegraphs", beautiful visualisations of whale song.
- 2 a.m. Sound and images for dreamers and mermaids
Saturday, 4th November 2006 – Day 2 / Night 2
- From 7 p.m. Changing images and projections throughout the Toskana Therme
- 8 p.m. Concert: 'to.be.ohr' – the musical all-rounders Gert Anklam and Holger Mantey www.anklang.de together with performance interludes by the 'Devi Dance Company'.
Holger Mantey and Gert Anklam began their cooperation in Autumn 2003 in the WDR radio play "Die dunkle Stunde der Serenissima" (The dark hour of Serenissima), based on a thriller by Donna Leon. Their special relationship developed during their search for expressive soundscapes to accompany the play, and brought forth the spark of an idea for a collage-like concert programme. They weave together sound recordings collected from concerts and their travels India and Africa with their own live music to form an aural journey. Bathers are invited to be "all ear" and lie back and immerse themselves in a world of stories, fantasies and dreams from afar. www.tobeohr.de
- 12 p.m. Midnight Special.
Kaidu: Pulsar, the sound of space. Sounds from out of this world composed and visualised by the Kaidu-artists Tengu Taku and Flowrider.
The hour after midnight is just perfect for outer world sounds, especially when spiced with concoctions from contemporary musicians and visualised by VJ Flowrider from the legendary Cocoon-Club in Frankfurt/Main.
- 1 a.m. DJ / VJ Night session: Flowrider
Audio-visual greetings from the Cocoon-Club in Frankfurt/Main
- 2 a.m. Sound and images for dreamers and mermaids
Sunday, 5th November 2006 – Day 3 / Full moon night
- From 7 p.m. Changing images and projections throughout the Toskana Therme
- 8 p.m. Full moon concert: Brass & More from Weimar
Wind quartet from classics to blues. www.nathangingrich.ca
The four fantastic musicians from Weimar provide an optimal end to the days and nights of intensive Liquid Sound festivities. And the full moon will shine for us too.
- 12 p.m. Full moon special
- 2 a.m. - Close -
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