Can sounds become visible to the naked eye? Are we capable of hearing images, colours, and motion? KlangBildKlang, a festival that ran from May to June of this year, saw mdw students and teaching faculty join hands with the public to get to the bottom of these and other questions.
How can we help shape the everyday urban realm as musicians? How might a musical performance be influenced by conditions such as chosen location and the weather? mdw students report on the experiences they had as part of the seminar project Klang.Stadt.Klang. Straßenmusik autoethnographisch erforschen.
KlangBildKlang, the mdw's transdisciplinary festival, celebrated its start on 20 April at the Künstlerhaus in Vienna with a reception and the concert Beyond Keys: Synesthetic Soundscapes. Johannes Meissl, Vice Rector for International Affairs and Art, presented the festival program and provided an overview of the more than 50 artistic projects accompanied by music and art mediation activities.
It is thus that the festival KlangBildKlang, which will bundle over 50 projects at a wide array of Viennese venues this May and June, can call upon a rich art- and musico-historical tradition. The question as to whether it is possible to render sounds visible and—conversely—render images, colours, and motion audible is to be pursued in a multitude of locations.
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