Bernhard Gál

Bernhard Gál (2005)

Bernhard Gál (born November 19, 1971 in Vienna - Leopoldstadt ) is an Austrian composer and installation artist .

Life

Bernhard Gál works as a transdisciplinary composer, artist and musicologist. Depending on the context, his works are presented in exhibitions, concerts and art projects in public spaces. Gal became known, among other things, through his numerous works in the field of sound art , in which he combines sound with light, objects, spatial concepts or video projections. He also composes music for acoustic instruments as well as electroacoustic music. Gal runs the label “Gromoga Records” and directs the Austrian cultural platform “sp ce”. Since 2006 he has curated the interdisciplinary festival "shut up and listen!" Together with Ernst Reitermaier. Gál lives in Vienna and Berlin , where he also taught sound art at the University of the Arts from 2006-07 .

Bernhard Gál's works have been presented in exhibitions, concerts and installations in Europe, Asia, North and South America and performed by ensembles such as China Found Music Workshop Taiwan, NewTon-Ensemble Vienna, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, Ensemble Noamnesia Chicago and Ensemble Alter Ego. An important element of his work is the connection of music with other art forms such as architecture , visual arts , dance , theater , performance , video and media art. Among other things, he has been working with the Japanese architect and artist Yumi Kori since 1997 (“Audio- architectural installations ”). As a laptop musician, he also regularly gives concerts himself.

For his music and art projects, Gál has received the Karl Hofer Prize Berlin, an annual grant from the DAAD's Berlin artist program, and the Austrian state grant for composition. His music has been published on several CDs, such as Durian (A), Plate Lunch (D), Intransitive (USA), Bremsstrahlung (USA), Klanggalerie (A), Gromoga (A) and Charhizma (A). The catalog book "Installations" was published by Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg in summer 2005, in which Gál's sound installations and intermedia works of the last few years are comprehensively documented. Another book and DVD was published in November 2015 for the documentation of intermedial works 2005–2015 (Zwischenbrücken, edition sp ce / Gromoga).

Works

• "Airport", for the Musical Instrument Museum Berlin, Berlin 2006.
• "becuadro", for wind quartet and light projection, 2008.
• "behape", for 2 clarinets and sound projection, 2006.
• "belit", for chamber ensemble and light projection, 2004.
• "determination new york", 15 electroacoustic compositions based on 15 different languages, 1998–99.
• "Defragmentation / red", audio-architectural installation in collaboration with Yumi Kori, Berlin, 2000.
• flut, for bass flute and four-channel sound projection. In collaboration with Belma Beslic-Gal, 2011.
• "Infinitation (São Paulo)", audio-architectural installation in collaboration with Yumi Kori, São Paulo, 2006.
• "Klangbojen", sound installation with floating sound and light objects on a lake, Austria 2003.
• "Night Pulses", sound installation based on light signals from the New York skyline, Linz 2004.
• "Of Sound and Time", for traditional Chinese instruments, 2000.
• "Schwarzenberg", for piano, 2013.
• "solo", intermedia installation, Tulln / Gutenbrunn, Austria, 2007.
• "Un-Un | ununtitled", for four singers, 2015.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions / Intermedial art projects (selection)

• The heavenly child; Zurich University of the Arts (Toni Campus), Zurich, 2015
• Silence is quiet. Listening; Radio Art Project; Kunstradio, Austria, 2013
• texture # 8 (premiere); Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, 2013
• solo (Košice); Sound City Days Festival, Košice, 2012
• texture # 7 (premiere); Institute for New Media, Frankfurt, 2012
• texture # 6 (premiere); Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, 2011
• Stargazers; Judenburg Planetarium, Austria, 2011
• earlift; KunstQuartier, Salzburg, Austria, 2010
• texture # 5; SESC Avenida Paulista, Sao Paulo, 2009
• mil águas. DMAE Gallery, Porto Alegre, 2009
• solo. General consumer association, Braunschweig (Germany), 2009
• RGB. Alpen-Adria-Universität, Klagenfurt (Austria), 2008
• solo. Lakeside Science & Technology Park, Klagenfurt (Austria), 2008
• Reinstallation. O Lugar, São Paulo, 2008
• The green hell. Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, 2008
• Sound buoys, Festival Donaueschinger Musiktage, Donaueschingen (Germany), 2007
• Jukai. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. The David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence (USA), 2007
• solo. Musik aktuell 2007, Gutenbrunn (Austria), 2007
• solo. Musik aktuell 2007, Tulln (Austria), 2007
• shinkai. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. ISE Foundation, New York City, 2006
• Reinstallation. Electric Eclectics Festival, Meaford (Canada), 2006
• The green hell. Festival Sonambiente , Gallery of the Austrian Embassy, ​​Berlin, 2006
• Airport. Musical Instrument Museum, Berlin, 2006
• Infinitation (Seattle). In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, 2005
• Out: Into the forest. Diapason Gallery, New York, 2005
• Defragmentation (Krems). In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Donaufestival, Krems, Austria, 2005
• Night Pulses. OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, 2004
• RGBuSW. singuhr - hoergalerie in parochial, Berlin, 2004
• Sound buoys. Musik aktuell 2003, Hanslteich, Gutenbrunn (Austria), 2003
• Sound buoys. Musik aktuell 2003, Donau-Altarm, Tulln (Austria), 2003
• Machina temporis. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Franciscan monastery ruins, Berlin, 2002
• RGB. Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, 2001
• zhu shui. Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg (Austria), 2000
• Defragmentation / red. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Kryptonale Festival, Berlin, 2000
• Dissociated Voices. Werkstadt Graz, Graz, 2000
• Defragmentation / blue. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Studio Five Beekman, New York, 1999
• destination new york. Studio Five Beekman, New York, 1998

Group exhibitions (selection)

• voice sound set; Festival EUROPA, Arena, Vienna, 2015
• Alsógál; Sound Art Exhibition 'On the Edge of Perceptibility', Kunsthalle Budapest, 2014
• Revelator | Boxed Secret | Neon pier; Group Exhibition 'Earlids', Sheila Johnson Design Center, New York City, 2014
• It's like ...; Group Exhibition 'About Failure'; enter: Space for Art, Salzburg, 2013
• homesweethomes; Espace Projet, Montreal, 2013
• vibrate space, Festival Coded Cultures, Vienna, 2011
• earlift; KunstQuartier, Salzburg, Austria, 2011
• ¡Pasarán !; Palais Kabelwerk, Vienna, 2010
• streamlines; KoFoMi 2010, Mittersill, Austria, 2010
• RGB; the white house, Vienna, 2010
• enelten; Area 53, Vienna, 2010
• Reinstallation. Musicacoustica Festival, Beijing, 2007
• Hyohaku-no-Hakobune. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Kobe Bienal, Kobe, 2007
• Shinkai. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Japan Society, New York City, 2007
• Out: Into the forest. Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, 2007
• RADIO EARS (texture # 2). Magyar Muehely Galéria, Budapest, 2007
• Infinitation (São Paulo). In collaboration with Yumi Kori. SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo, 2006
• RGB. Klangturm, St. Poelten (Austria), 2006
• Defragmentation (ISCP). In collaboration with Yumi Kori. ISCP, New York City, 2005
• soundbagism. Denver International Airport, Denver, 2004
• Oil paintings. Festival Reservoir VIII, Berlin, 2004
• Three whites. Sound Art Exhibition 'Rock's Role', Art in General, New York, 2004
• zhu shui. MATA festival. Gallery 'GAle GAtes et al.' New York, 2003
• Green Voice / Green Box. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Musashino, Tokyo, 2002
• enelten. Sound Off Festival. Galéria Umenia, Nové Zámky, Slovak Republic, 2002
• I am sitting in a room. Durian Festival. Konzerthaus, Vienna, 2002
• Out: Into the forest. Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg (Austria), 2001
• destination darmstadt. Museum Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 2000
• NYC Subway. Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York City, 1998

Discography

• Zwischenbrücken (book & DVD-Video, edition sp ce / Gromoga, 2015)
• same difference (Gromoga, 2010)
• relive (Gromoga, 2008)
• Installations (DVD, Gromoga, 2007)
• Installation (CD, Gromoga, 2005)
• going round in serpentines (with K. Fagaschinski, Charhizma, 2005)
• Installations (catalog book & audio CD, Kehrer / Gromoga, 2005)
• Out: Into the forest. (Sound Gallery, 2004)
• relisten (Intransitive, 2001)
• Defragmentation / blue (Plate Lunch, 2000)
• destination new york (Durian, 1999)

Web links

• Literature by and about Bernhard Gál in the catalog of the German National Library
• www.bernhardgal.com - Official website of Bernhard Gál. Concert and exhibition calendar, curriculum vitae, catalog raisonné, numerous audio samples.