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Music for Drums — Jörg Mikula 

Video

The video is available in German

Graz-born drummer Jörg Mikula presents his program of solo pieces from the concept album Music For Drums in the large exhibition hall of the HALLE FÜR KUNST. Mikula cultivates an innovative approach to his instrument and creates sound atmospheres that lead through different musical worlds. Thereby through-composed pieces like Buzzz or Murakami alternate with programmatic improvisations like WOODS or STARS. Jörg Mikula shows a whole new side of the drums, atmospheric and full of gripping stories.

Artists

Participating artists

Jörg Mikula

*1975 Graz

studied percussion at the Kunstuniversität Graz and at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. His most important teachers include Jamey Haddad, Ian Froman, Alex Deutsch, Dave DiCenso, Kenwood Dennard and Hal Crook. He is a member of the quartet Donauwellenreiter, which uses the unusual instrumentation of piano, violin/​voice, cello and drums to explore new musical directions. To date, five albums have been released, accompanied by international tours. Jörg Mikula has already cooperated with musicians from the Balkans, Turkey, Iran and Africa and is also a much sought-after studio drummer for various pop artists. His activities in this field are documented on more than 60 CDs. In addition to his international concert activities, Jörg Mikula is a lecturer for drums, percussion and ensemble at the Vienna Music Institute. His most recent solo albums are Drumsongs (2013) and Music for Drums (2021).

More contributions

Diedrich Diederichsen
Vortrag 

Video

On the basis of his contribution to the publication, conceived against the backdrop of Poledna’s film produced in Los Angeles in the summer of 2024 especially for the exhibition at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Diederichsen will discuss and present Mathias Poledna’s artistic career with references to music and art history as well as pop culture.

Diedrich Diederichsen

Karel Císař
Lecture 

Video

In this lecture, Císař will explore Mathias Poledna’s career and artistic practice against the backdrop of the current exhibition, which can also be understood as a kind of retrospective. 

Karel Císař – Lecture

Mathias Poledna
Exhibition Tour 

Slide show

Mathias Poledna has created a complex, multi-layered body of work in which films, expansive installations and architectural interventions are in constant dialog with each other, where independent series of works, found objects and ephemeral materials all condense to form a singular artistic language. Central to his practice are questions of modernity, cultural memory and the visual imaginary in art and popular culture.

Ausstellungsrundgang Mathias Poledna

STAGES
Jakob Kolb aka On Bells

Video

The STAGES format is as radical as it is simple. HALLE FÜRKUNST Steiermark offers a platform for artists from the immediate vicinity for the duration of an evening. The exhibition hall is intended to… 

Stages Jakob Kolb

Performance Total Romance: Partial Repair
Isabel Lewis, Dirk Bell with vocalist, performer and artist Rupert Enticknap and performer and pole dancer Yann Slattery 

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The performance Total Romance: Partial Repair is the centerpiece of Isabel Lewis and Dirk Bell’s joint exhibition Ever/​Repair at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, and is performed by four performers. In… 

Performance Total Romance: Partial Repair Isabel Lewis, Dirk Bell with vocalist, performer and artist Rupert Enticknap and performer and pole dancer Yann Slattery