Hans Castrup | Das 7. Siegel
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A document of a 3-channel electroacoustic sound installation at Museumsquartier Osnabrück by musician and visual artist Hans Castrup.Das 7. Siegel (aka The 7th Seal) is based on a print by Albrecht Dürer from 1498. The piece runs for over thirty-six minutes, opening with a soft smouldering drone. A dragging clang and whistling wind enter. The atmosphere just drifts, that is until a series of what sound similar to the magnitude of computer dial-up penetrates the peace. And suddenly its whispery winds once again.
This cyclical channeling of pitch is not lost on callous ears, instead it brings with it a auditory chasm, bridging the state of mind and body. While it would be easy to offer a cauldron of pure noise effects, or go the opposite way and wallow only in the murky sleep-inducing drone, Castrup has opted…
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