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Rotomotor: ein motorisches idiotikon; Orax / Anton Bruhin., 2001

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Identifier: CC-44200-46326

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Scope and Contents

This work was published as a 33rpm record in 1987, and the record is also held by the Sackner Archive. As documented in the booklet, Bruhin composed this poem by arranging words according to sounds rather than alphabetical order. Each word differs from the previous one by one letter, e.g., one letter is added, one letter is cancelled or one letter is replaced by a different letter. The publisher states: The new compact disc by Anton Bruhin issued by Alga Marghen is titled r o t o m o t o r and covers two different areas of the artist's research. The first one is represented by a group of works including the short and mysterious environmental recording 'ORAX' as well as 'Lange Tone', 'VERSUCHPILZ 6' and 'Paul is 35', three excerpts from the epic 'MC-10 zyklus' created between 1976 and 1977 recording various layers of sound sources on two cassette recorders with loudspeakers. The complete zyklus consists of 12 different episodes (each one ten minutes long) which investigate the multi-layer ping-pong recording technique; the spatial illusion of the monoaural replay which moves away from the listener's ears into the depth of space. Far away sounds coming from a cosmic dimension or from an abyssal space, moving fore and back. The loss of sound quality considered as stoned space improvement. 'r o t o m o t o r: ein motorische Idiotikon', the title track, is a 28 minutes long reading, one of Bruhin's major works. Rotomotor is a poetic Idiotikon of the swiss-german dialect where, instead of the straight alphabetical order, the words are organised according to the similarities of their letters (each word differ from the previous one by just one letter). For this reading a delay equipment which repeated the signal after 0.6 seconds was used and each word is superimposed to the echo of the preceding one. On one hand this echo generates the rhythm of the performance, on the other it supports the acoustic metamorphosis of the words. Again, a very simple concept perfectly accomplished. What results from the whole program is maybe difficult to describe, maybe more easily perceivable in a state of alternate consciousness. But surely a quite unique sense of acoustics approach; so no surprise to see him mentioned in the mythical Nurse With Wound reference list. Chance meeting in an Alpine chalet of a roto-BruhiBruhin and an AKRE." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2001

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 compact disc + booklet in folder (papercard, offset)) ; case 13 x 15 x 1 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

CD shelf

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Zurich, Switzerland : alarga marghen. Nationality of creator: Swiss. General: Added by: MARVIN; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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