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'From a cirlce Kreis to a spinning top Kreisel. From german Kreisel to yiddish Dreidel. To make this LP turn creates a constant movement of a meaning and a place which spins and can never be caught hold of. The LP condenses various elements of the exhibition Memory Wheels by Elise Florenty and Marcel Türkowsky, presented at the Art Center Synagogue of Delme, curated by Marie Cozette, in March 2009. Objects, drawings, films, language and sound were echoing different characters of Franz Kafka«s short storie: Josephine ('Josephine the Singer', or 'The Mouse Folk') Odradek (The Cares of a Family Man) and 'The Philosopher'( in 'The Spinning Top'). 'For he believed that the knowledge of any detail, such as a spinning top would suffice for knowledge of the universal. Therefore he did not spend his time with the great proplems: that struck him as uneconomical. If the iniest detail could really be known, then everthing would be known, and therefore he spent his time only with the spinning top.' 'The Spinning Top'. Franz KafkaLike Kafka Benjamin had a passion for small, even minute things (...) The smaller the object, the more likely it seemed that it could contain in the most concentrated form everything else Introduction by Hannah Arendt to Illuminations by Walter BenjaminThe inlay collects sentences containing the word circle or the idea of a cirle in movement from 'Kafka«s Diaries 1910 -1923'. The cover and inlay drawings are seals by Giordano Bruno an italien frier, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer from the 16th century. The Soundpiece Kreisel.Dreidel is a composition for 7 spinning tops. Kreisel.Dreidel was conceptualized and designed during a residency at Künstlerhuser Worpswede. The audio side features one of Marcel Türkowskys mirror composition pieces.'
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Cat. number: HE001
Year: 2010
Notes:
An Excerpt of a 60 minute piece for 7 spinning tops. Mastered at Dubplates & Mastering, limited edition of 300 copies, pressed on 180g vinyl