A Cooperation of Im_flieger and echoraum
Thu 13.04.2023 // 20.00
Foto: Clélia Colonna
A Cooperation of Im_flieger and echoraum
Thu 13.04.2023 // 20.00
Echoraum, Sechshauser Straße 66, 1150 Vienna
Entry one hour before the start of the concert
Ticket prices: 10€/7€ (reduced) / cash only
Concept, Composition: Clélia Colonna
Performance: cowbirds (Caroline Decker, Clélia Colonna, Irene Coticchio, Rotraud Kern)
In their new work, cowbirds take inspiration from traditional songs and murder ballads from Corsica, Ukraine and Poland. These archetypical songs are disassembled into fragments and re-composed through the prism of minimal progressive methods of composition. By using repetition as a filter, patterns appear and are processed until they reach a point of abstraction. This system allows us to shift the focus between content and form, creating a fertile and ambiguous tension in the progression of each story.
cowbirds is a Vienna-based collective dealing with traditional forms and structures of traditional singing from Corsica and Sicily since 2013. Coming from the contemporary dance & performing scene, they explore the potential of polyphonic singing and create different formats of presentation; live sound installations, concerts, participatory performances… They emphasize on bringing together traditional music with new music and contemporary performance. So far cowbirds has worked with Austria- and Germany-based choreographers, composers and visual artists such as Paul Wenninger, Peter Jakober, Raúl Maia, Ben J.Riepe, Elisabeth B. Tambwe, Thomas Jelinek… The collective also pursues a regular exchange with singers and musicians from Corsica and Sicily. In 2018 they released their first album polyphonic tracks – an on the road album – made in the spirit of field recording. www.soundcloud.com/cowbirds-music/albums www.cowbirds.wordpress.com/