WESTERN FRONT – Wiencouver IV

Description:

Coordinated by Hank Bull and Robert Adrian X while he was in residence at Western Front, Wiencouver IV was a live exchange of telephone music and slow scan video between Vienna and Vancouver. The program featured live bands, performance art, and computer graphics.

Musical acts included The Haters, Halofern, Bolero Lava, Pas Paravant (with members Karl Kowanz, Renate Kowanz-Kocer, Hans Weigand, Günther Schrom, Wolfgang Poor, Felix Dorner, ManfreDu Schuh, and Wolfgang Stengel), Quasi Trevor, MHSK, and Elizabeth Fischer.

The event also featured two performance works: Robert Adrian X, Great Moments in Modern Art (Part 2) and Mona Hatoum, So Much I Want to Say.

The Vancouver technicians were Bill Bartlett, Kate Craig, and David Kellin. The Vienna technical team included Ilse Gassinger, Karl Kubaczek, Helmut J Mark, Gerhard Taschler, and Zeiko Wiener.

Video and audio documentation available upon request.

Seen in black and white, a person with a graphic t shirt, writing 1984, stands speaking into a microphone on a stand. Behind them lies a guitar, a speaker, a grand piano, and a projection screen.

Seen in black and white, in the Grand Luxe Hall, two people battle with sticks in capes covering their faces, two camera operators film them, and several television boxes stand to the right. A seated crowd watch.

Seen in black and white, in the Grand Luxe Hall, two masked performers play the guitar in the foreground. In the background, two camera operators film them, and a seated crowd watch.

Seen in black and white, in the Grand Luxe Hall, a person with headphones watches a box television while dialling a sound mixing box. In the background, a camera operator films a masked performer playing the guitar.

Seen in black and white, in the Grand Luxe Hall, a seated person with headphones dials a sound mixing box while looking at a television box on a table. In the foreground, a rotary telephone lies across the table.

Seen in black and white, in the Grand Luxe Hall, four performers are filmed by a camera operator. Two performers sing into standing microphones, one plays bongo drums, and in the background, a performer plays on a grand piano.

Seen in black and white, in the Grand Luxe Hall, five performers sing and play instruments, while a child watches between them. Two performers sing into standing microphones, one plays bongo drums, one plays on cymbals and in the background, a performer plays on a grand piano.

Seen in black and white, in the Grand Luxe Hall, a performer stands in front of a projection screen, wearing a patterned sweater. Their hands are clasped behind their head, and they stand behind a microphone on a stand.

Related People

Bill Bartlett (Technician)
Kate Craig (Technician)
David Kelln (Technician)
Karl Kubaczek (Technician)
Helmut Mark (Technician)

Related Events

Captions:

Robert Adrian X at Wiencouver IV, Dec 4, 1983.
The Haters performing at Wiencouver IV, Dec 4, 1983.
The Haters performing at Wiencouver IV, Dec 4, 1983.
The Haters performing at Wiencouver IV, Dec 4, 1983.
Bill Bartlett at Wiencouver IV, Dec 4, 1983.
Kate Craig and Bolero Lava at Wiencouver IV, Dec 4, 1983.
Bolero Lava performing at Wiencouver IV, Dec 4, 1983.
Quasi Trevor performing at Wiencouver IV, Dec 4, 1983.

Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.