SITE VISIT III: yellow movie

A warm invitation to the third SITE VISIT! In the high moor of Gais in Appenzell (AR) we will visit the premiere of the silent film "yellow movie" (2020) by Albert Oehlen, musically accompanied by the St. Gallen improvisation musician Norbert Möslang (electronics).

SITE VISIT III
Klang Moor Schopfe, Hochmoor Gais AR
10.9.2021, 21:00 – 21:30

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Premiere of the silent film "yellow movie" (2020) by Albert Oehlen,
musically accompanied by the St. Gallen improvisation musician Norbert Möslang (Electronics).

The third SITE VISIT takes us to the Appenzell high moor of Gais. The German painter Albert Oehlen lives and works in the immediate vicinity. In addition to painting, he creates music and films. On the occasion of the Biennale Festival for Audiovisual Art, we will visit the film screening in the evening in addition to the barns.

About Klang Moor Schopfe: The festival presents international sound art in a unique cultural landscape: The Appenzell high moor "Schopfe" at the foot of the Hirschberg with its specific flora and fauna and the characteristic small scattered barns form the spatial and acoustic environment. Eleven originally agriculturally used sedge barns will be used by the invited artists with site-specific audiovisual installations.

The small-scale, open festival site allows visitors to "wander" through the various installations on a two-hour tour. The artistic sound installations, the archaic architecture of the bogs and the moor landscape combine to create a total work of art that appeals to all the senses and is able to fascinate a wide audience.

The KLANG MOOR SCHOPFE festival aims to make it possible to hear and experience a diverse spectrum of contemporary audiovisual art in a special geographical space. When creating the works for "their" Schopf, the invited national and international artists deal with the landscape and the situation on site.

The simple, functional wooden barns, which once served as depots for the sedge, characterise the cultural landscape. The barns have been adapted to changing needs over time and form unique architectural pieces. The simple, differently sized interiors influence the acoustics through their form and materiality.

Many of the artists work at the interface of experimental music, visual arts and science. The festival takes this interdisciplinarity into account with a series of events that make it possible to get to know the participating artists and their experimental work beyond the presented installation. These include artist talks, concerts, live performances, video nights and other special events with the artists.

The intimate character of the festival and the presence of the participating artists on site allow both an intensive exchange among the participating artists and direct encounters between the audience, the local population and the artists. The idea of exchange and encounter is supported by the diverse range of low-threshold events.

The musician and sound artist Patrick Kessler from Gais is responsible for the idea, concept and curation of the KLANG MOOR SCHOPFE festival.

About SITE VISIT: The new series of excursions and discussions extends NEXPO's research on living together in Switzerland in the 21st century. Rapid social change not only brings technological progress, but forces us to reflect on our built social environment. SITE VISIT is an attempt at a playful re-examination of spaces. We take the Gawaling House as an occasion to reflect on our public life in the future.

About NEXPO: The initiative of the ten largest Swiss cities for a new national exhibition is called NEXPO - the new Expo, because it will take on a completely new form: it will be sustainable, future-oriented, decentralised and take place throughout Switzerland. It will not be an Expo on a defined and fenced-in site. It will connect cultural initiatives throughout Switzerland, in all language regions, in cities, agglomerations and in the countryside. It will build bridges between the centre and the periphery, form a nationwide network and create meeting places.