On Earth (1979)

Title of the album: On Earth
Title: On Earth (Side 01)
Publisher: Edition II/Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
Date: 1979
Medium: record 30 cm
Performers: Wilfried Grimpe, Elisabeth Weber
Cover: photo: Lothar Schnepf

On the 13th of June 1979, a performance took place in Hans Otte's sound space ON EARTH at the Kölnischer Kunstverein (directed by Wulf Herzogenrath), the recording of which was released by the Kölnischer Kunstverein on a signed record with 200 copies. The cover shows a photo of the sound space installation.

After an initial silence of about 45 seconds, electronic sounds of the installation begin. After another two minutes, the actor Wilfried Grimpe reads the four sections of Hans Otte's text, each beginning with ON EARTH, which is printed (with minimal deviations) on the back of the cover. In it, Hans Otte also explains the structure of the work:

ON EARTH
That is -
so to speak:
A walkable landscape
of thirty-two sound objects
with spaces and paths
and four loudspeaker columns around it
in which -
in different ways -
in three pictures
(of one hour each)
sounds
of electronic kind
and
texts,
which actors
add from time to time,
are offered,
are made perceptible.

The sound recording captures a good twenty-minute sound experience of the "walk-in landscape" for the listeners of the record - an offer for perception.

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