STAGES
Jakob Kolb aka On Bells
Video
The STAGES format is as radical as it is simple. HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark offers a platform for artists from the immediate vicinity for the duration of an evening. The exhibition hall is intended to serve as a stage to learn more about the artists’ work – what they are passionate and enthusiastic about.
Jakob Kolb has worked not only with painting and sculpture, but also repeatedly as a curator and, under the stage name On Bells, musically and performatively. For his evening at HALLE FÜR KUNST, Kolb has explored the theme of love songs and developed a musical performance. Old and new enter into a dialog, offering insights into the musical approach within the framework of a stage set and creating their very own emotional world. The setting for his performance is a mobile stage consisting of 4 LED curtains that will create an immersive visual situation. After the performance, Kolb will DJ in the Kombüse bar adjacent to the HALLE FÜR KUNST.
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Jakob Kolb
Jakob Kolb is a musician and visual artist. With his project On Bells, he mixes dreamy sounds from different genres to create a nostalgic, self-ironic blend of lo-fi soul and synth-pop, with postmodern, self-produced beats and his guitar forming the foundation; the mood oscillates somewhere between romantic, dark and euphoric. Culture clashes characterize the lyrics and sounds of On Bells. The Styrian writes his lyrics and produces his music single-handedly, and has already performed his 80s-style pop songs in a wide variety of venues, including clubs in Barcelona and London, houseboats in Budapest, the Waves Festival and the impressive Semperdepot.
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