reviews

das minimum

The pigs´ orchestra´s rehearsal

ordinary noises turn into fascinating sounds
Stuttgarter Nachrichten 25.6.1992

Witzmann's "das minimum" as a maximum music performance

Die Glocke (Gütersloh) 29.6.1993

The crackling washing of a balloon

tears of laughter on the audience´s cheeks
Rheinische Post 28.8.1993

Doctor Rhythm himself

most explosive beats out of two matchboxes
Stuttgarter Zeitung, 24.6.1992
mobile hausmusik

Pouring sheets of music and drilling bows

only a few bars were exactly written (actually over a thousend -Th.W.)
Westfälische Rundschau 19.6.1995

Dancers "glued" to the town hall´s windows

rubbed the windows with soapsuds
Ruhr-Nachrichten 18.6.1995

 

dr. hasso wolf

Galactic "Housemusic"

the feeling as if the house itself would sing, moan, scream, flute
WAZ 18.6.1995

Roars from Ruhr

a hilariously miniature
Village Voice, New York 31.10.89
wolkenstein. mobilisierun'

Wolkenstein. Mobilisierun'

brass-players in wheelchairs
Wochenkurier 16.6.1993

Narrowing of the horizont

only trash of instruments
Stuttgarter Zeitung 19.4.1993
möglichst für orchester

New "mobile"sounds

impression of war and destruction, pain, sadness and resignation
Westfälische Rundschau 10.6.1993

Blinking with flute-quartet

similar to Lutoslawski´s micro-polyphony
Rheinische Post, 6.10.1992
leit-motiv

Instruments clatter like a seewing-machine

RE 18.12.1991
zwischen - stufen

On the staircase of sound

Links between music, art and architecture
Westdeutsche Zeitung 30.0.1994

Please don´t listen - go on talking

WAZ 19.12.1991

Staircase strucured by sound

a stimulating event
Rheinische Post 30.9.1994
zeug für schlagquartett   ereignisfeld atelier europa 93

Exciting beat-ups

you almost could not believe your eyes and ears
Rheinische Post 17.2.1994

Where knives are whetting and beanpods rustle

Westdeutsche Zeitung 17.12.1994

Cologne´s prominent figures lined up in "Ereignisfeld"

from the bubbling beginning of the brass to the acoustic panorama of the jungle
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 12.12.91

Playground for political power and art

Workshop in the border zone of music, literature and dance
WAZ, 28.6.93

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