Jakob Kolb, aka On Bells — HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark

Performance

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.

Artists

Participating artists

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.