Reisegruppe schöner Männer [Travel Group of Handsome Men] is an experimental set-up – or gesture – in which, just like a composition, Claudia Märzendorfer playfully combines elements that could be the main components of larger groups of works.
Sketches of a Windscreen on two US-paletts, 2016
What do you do, stranded in the midst of nowhere? In the midst of anywhere.
Standing next to seven US-paletts, Wotruba is thinking aloud. He makes a sketch with motor oil. At least there’s enough paper, and the petrol station even has a photocopier. Those from the beginnings are still the best! His plan is bold: Thirty of the records put on ice, among them hits like Rasberry Fields Forever and Wotrubas Erben, will be melted and formed anew. Sure: All water under the bridge. Still: Should the plan work, one could make progress with the new, improvised screen. It‘s a run against time. Somehow, everything is connected and interdependent …
Reisegruppe schöner Männer [Travel Group of Handsome Men] is an experimental set-up – or gesture – in which, just like a composition, Claudia Märzendorfer playfully combines elements that could be the main components of larger groups of works.
The “Musictypewriter” finished the sketches (score IV) to the Composition. the record is ready. Nothing can stop us.