SOUND:CARPET
Gilbert Bretterbauer redesigns monumental carpet.
Haus der Musik's, entire third floor - dedicated to the composers of the First and Second Viennese School - has been given a new look. Austrian artist and designer Gilbert Bretterbauer refashioned the museum's monumental "Sound:Carpet" which covers 700m2 of exhibition space. Like much of Gilbert Bretterbauer's work, the carpet is located at the interface of art and design. It operates as a functional floor object, while proposing an expanded understanding of art.
Gilbert Bretterbauer's design follows that of Hermann Nitsch who created Haus der Musik's first "Sound:Carpet" in 2008. Inspired by classical music and books about influential composers such as Gustav Mahler, Gilbert Bretterbauer ventured on filling A3 sheets of paper with colourful ornaments. To the tunes of symphonies, the droning sound of airplanes and in the midst of continuous travelling, Bretterbauer visualized marching bars as ciphers, transformed Schubert-themes into chequered waves and expressed abrupt rhythmic changes as visual transitions. A poly-design of colourful patterned segments counters the polyphony of Mahler's Tenth Symphony...
While visitors can explore the museum on the final "Sound:Carpet" design, a limited edition of design sketches can be purchased at our shop.
Sound:Carpet- Gilbert Bretterbauer: From October 02, 2010 - 10am to 10pm daily - on the third floor at Haus der Musik.
