Got it. What a fascinating and completely unique collaboration.
You have proved once again that 'there is one art, no more no less-to do all things with artfulness'. Piet Hein
It seems to me you found many levels to correspond upon and comment on-from your reactions to the percussive effects of the glass being shaped, to repeated figures that seemed to imitate the sometimes off balance leaning of the sculpture in progress. The economy of motion of the artist was very Zen-like- and he seemed to be spontaneously choreographing your music.
Your stamina once again amazes.
Far be it from me to critique a singular. unrepeatable event. I can't really imagine how it could have been improved upon.
In admiration of your continuous powers of artistic creation-
Merrill Clark ,Composer , Manhattan New York
Dirk I received your dvd and played it several times.I have many thoughts about it.First it is truely interesting and avant garde.I think this is a new art form.A hybrid type of jazz.Due to the process of art it is natural that the musical improv is influenced by the action of the sculptor versus the sculptor creating by the music.That point is debatable though.
I was fascinated by watching you play the horn because you were so attentive to the action of the sculptor.Meaning you were both visual and audio.The sculptor was at his best when he was absorbed in the sculpture as opposed to performing and responding to your music. It made me think about the duality of each person reacting to the other.
The video was at it's best when the sculptor was absorbed in the sculture and you the musician was improvising on the action of the sculptor.Like when he was hammering the copper and you were influenced by the natural sounds of his studio.
I think this is a new art form and needs to be expanded and advanced!
I feel I was seeing something new and advanced
GREG
Greg Hergert 901 Burdan Drive Pottstown,PA 19464
Interactive creativity of wolfgang fröse ( glass artist) and dirk amrein , creating the helionator:
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Dear Dirk,
I have now watched and listened to your DVD!!!
Firstly, I must congratulate you on your stamina and imagination . . what you did was quite a feat to pull off and you did it with great confidence.
i thought that the improvisation was very responsive to the action that was going on and the way that the glass worker was manipulating his materials - sometimes your outbursts on the instrument coincided with his activities precisely and this made the whole thing feel as if it was working together very well. The various effects that you used seemed very suitable to the activity and provided an interesting contrast to the more jazz like melodic fragments and falling figures that you used. Because of this the whole improvisation did have a unity - harmonically, melodically and with the effects. Again, I think it was executed with great confidence and flair.
A huge well done for being brave enough to attempt such a project and congratulations for making it a success - a lesser musician would have produced continual nonsense and yours was musical and responsive - a great improvisation!!
I hope that these comments are of some use to you - and thank you for sharing your work with me and asking me to comment on it!
Your good friend
Marc Yeats Composer and Painter , London
Thank you Dirk,
I watched them and enjoyed them.
And they remind me of a principal proposed by Masaru Emoto.
He is a Japanese researcher who has written a book on the subject that ice crystals will form differently depending on thoughts, words, ideas and music.
He believes that these things affect the molecular structure of water.
He did controlled experiments, and had the crystals photographed in various situations; beautiful music playing, sad music playing. Uplifting music, aggressive angry music.
And I believe he did a variety of other experiments as well.
And the pictures seem to reveal that the ice crystals formed, almost artistically, in respone to their surroundings.
Either way, I thought there was a great synergistic energy to what you two were doing.
There were times where his hammering worked as a percusive device along with your playing.
I liked the in tandem effect of that, and the way you both seemed to feed off of the collective energy.
It reminds me too that I should be listening to more music while I do my artwork. I'm always happier working that way.
Thanks again for sharing those videos,
The best to you,
Jack
Jack Beals 4617 Robbins Ave. Orlando Florida, 32808 United States
First part out of an performance which took 90 min to create a big sculpture , played om trumpet , trombone and helikon:
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