One Way, Another
Way, Then Any Other Way, 2006
Performance and mixed media, dimensions variable
Initially exhibited in a space housed in a former watchtower situated
on a stretch of no mans land between East and West Berlin, One Way,
Another
Way, Then Any Other Way is centred around a composite constructed piece
of music which clashes together the romantic sentiments of The Beach
Boys’ ‚Wouldn‘t
It Be Nice‘ and social notions of the American composer Frederic
Rzewski.
The music was performed for the duration of the opening by a rock band;
two guitars, bass and drums playing the famous five bar, twenty-five
note intro of ‚Wouldn‘t It Be Nice‘ following an additive
melodic structure device borrowed from Rzewski‘s ‚Le Moutons
du Panurge‘ of 1969.
LÜ, Berlin 2006
