Otvoritev razstave: četrtek, 27. 1. 2022, ob 20. uri / Na ogled: pon.-pet., 10-16h
Zvočna skulptura Ad lib. združuje medicinski stroj za avtomatsko pljučno ventilacijo z orgelskimi piščalmi, ki igrajo glasbeni akord v stalnem ritmu mehanskega dihanja. To mehansko dihanje umetnega organa metaforično zveni kot mehanski rekviem.
Naslov dela Ad lib., okrajšava latinskega izraza ad libitum, je glasbeni zapis, ki izvajalcu omogoča svobodno interpretacijo, ki po želji ponavlja določene takte partiture. Latinski izraz ad libitum dobesedno pomeni ‘po lastni presoji’ in se uporablja kot sinonim za svobodno izražanje volje glede na kontekst, v katerem se partitura izvaja. Namen zvočne skulpture je opozoriti na razmere, v katerih je preživetje ljudi s kritičnimi zdravstvenimi težavami vezano na dihalni aparat in s tem na presojo tistih, ki skrbijo zanje.
Orgle igrajo s kvintakordom v F-duru (F – C), kar se nanaša na op. 45 Johannesa Brahmsa Ein Deutsches Requiem (Nemški rekviem) za ‘soliste, zbor, orkester in orgle ad libitum’. Hkrati se dve orgelski piščali ritmično aktivirata z mehaničnim dihanjem pljučnega ventilatorja, s čimer se dodata tona A in D, ki dopolnjujeta akord F-dur, in tako ustvarjata rahlo disonanco.
Projekt sta podprla Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije in Mestna občina Ljubljana – Oddelek za kulturo.
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Exhibition opening: Thursday, 27. 1. 2022, 8pm / Mon-Fri: 10am-4pm
The sound sculpture Ad lib. combines a medical machine for automatic pulmonary ventilation with a few organ pipes that play a musical chord in a continuous rhythm of mechanical breathing. In this way, they create an artificial organ that is metaphorically a mechanical requiem that is constantly heard.
The title of the work, Ad lib., an abbreviation of the Latin expression ‘ad libitum’, is a musical inscription that allows the performer to interpret freely, for example by repeating certain bars of the score at will. The Latin term ‘ad libitum’ literally means ‘at one’s own discretion’ and is used to express the freedom of a person to act as he or she sees fit in a particular context.
The sculpture is intended to draw attention to the situation in which the survival of people with critical health problems depends on the respiratory apparatus, and thus on the judgment of those who care for them.
The organ plays a quintacord in F major (F – C), referring to Johannes Brahms’ Op. 45 Ein Deutsches Requiem (German Requiem) for ‘soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ ad libitum’. At the same time, the two organ pipes are rhythmically activated by the mechanical breathing of a lung ventilator, adding the notes A and D, which complement the F major chord, and at the same time creating a slight dissonance.
The project is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Ljubljana.
