After 5 loud, snowy weeks, we just wanted to say thanks to everyone who followed the series, and to everyone who participated and made I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AND I AM SAYING IT possible.
The megaphoning will continue in 2011 in Hamburg! Stay tuned for details…

Until then, take a peak at the complete list of participants after the jump and be well!

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AND I AM SAYING IT,
conceived and developed under the artistic direction of Bill Dietz,
was made possible by

the 9 members of Ensemble Zwischentöne
Hans-Ulrich Altenkirch
Charlotte Birkenhauer
Johnny Chang
Agnieszka Dziubak
Jose Elguezabal
Kurt König
Volker Schindel
Dorothee Sporbeck
Helles Weber

our 23 featured Artists
Peter Ablinger
Theodor W. Adorno
Rinus van Alebeek
Jens Brand
Anna Bromley
Scott Cazan
Stephen Chase
Philip Corner
Nikolaus Gerszewski
Susan Gevirtz
Sean Griffin
Maik Hester
Ophir Itzetzki
hans w. koch
David Lidov
Thomas Meadowcroft
Carmean Megeath
Adam Overton
Marina Rosenfeld
Janine Schneider
Joe Straub
Helles Weber
Jeremy Woodruff

the 32 volunteer Megaphonists
Gertrud Aigner
Andrea
Benedikt Bindewald
Jens Brand
Anna Bromley
Stephen Chase
Bill Dietz
Gerhard
Nikolaus Gerszewski
Morag Grant
Kim Henschke
Maik Hester
Sylvia Hinz
Peggy Hoffmann
Ophir Itzetzki
Seth Josel
Kathinka
hans w. koch
Ludger
Martin
Luke Munn
Susanna Pfaff
Tobias Reiser
Ulrike Ruf
Petra Stegmann
Jan Gerrit Strack
Joe Straub
Thomas Ulrich
Maximilian Wehner
Steffi Weismann
Stephan Wiedemann
Monika Zessnik

the generosity of
Otto Beck

the friendly cooperation of
Georg Weckwerth & „TONSPUR für einen öffentlichen raum“
and
Christiane Grüβ & 7hours

the financial assistance of
INM – Initiative Neue Musik Berlin

& last but not least, the constant aid, assistance, and advice of
Sebastian Biskup

Photos & Credits after the jump

This week featured

Peter Ablinger’s Weiss/Weisslich 11d (2005)

Rinus van Alebeek’s Sag mir Alles (2010)

Stephen Chase’s No title; this isn’t it either 2a (2010) & why can i not (2008)

Susan Gevirtz’s BROADCAST (2009)

Sean Griffin’s Aachen Boys (2004)

Ophir Itzetzki’s Political Science 101 (2010)

David Lidov’s Composition for Megaphones (2010)

Maik Hester’s Zahlen Zählen (2010)

Adam Overton’s VARIATIONS ON A LISON KNOWLES‘ PIECE FOR ANY NUMBER OF VOCALISTS (2005)

Janine Schneider’s ICONS / ASANA (1995)

Joe Straub’s Amusement/Annoyance (2010)

Helles Weber’s 3 Momente (2010)

& Jeremy Woodruff’s Bitte Nicht Beachten (2010)

performed by Ensemble Zwischentöne members

Johnny Chang, Dorothee Sporbeck, & Helles Weber

with Special Guest

Otto Beck

& Megaphonists

Gertrud Aigner, Andrea, Benedikt Bindewald, Stephen Chase, Sylvia Hinz, Gerhard, Nikolaus Gerszewski, Morag Grant, Dr Maik Hester, Ophir Ilzetzki,  Ludger, Martin, & Joe Straub

Rehearsing at 7hours Haus 19

During one of Stephen Chase's pieces

During Rinus van Alebeek's piece

Ensemble & Dom

During David Lidov's piece

Unter den Linden

Reading from Susan Gevirtz's "BROADCAST"

During Sean Griffin's piece

During Joe Straub's piece

During Ophir Ilzetzki's piece

During Jeremy Woodruff's piece

with Anna Bromley's banner

FINE

Like what you see? Why not participate in the next performance – write us at megaphone@ensemble-zwischentoene.de

Photos by Bill Dietz

Video by Sebastian Biskup & Volker Schindel

Photos & Credits after the jump

This week featured

signage by Anna Bromley – her
“The Joy of Belonging” (2010)

&
Philip Corner’s
„Mega Phone“ (2010)
with material from „Wordless: Chorale“ (2003)

performed by Ensemble Zwischentöne members
Hans-Ulrich Altenkirch, Agnieszka Dziubak, & Kurt König

& Megaphonists
Sylvia Hinz, Luke Munn, Thomas Ulrich, & Steffi Weismann

Detail from Anna Bromley's "The Joy of Belonging"

Rehearsal at 7hours Haus 19

Merging with the Crowd

Facing Unter den Linden

Row formation

In motion

Like what you see? Why not participate in the next performance – write us at megaphone@ensemble-zwischentoene.de

Photos by Bill Dietz
Video by Sebastian Biskup

Photos & Credits after the jump

This week featured two performances of a composition by

Marina Rosenfeld
„Self Portrait/Self Portrait with Material“ (2010)

including Susan Gevirtz’s „BROADCAST“ (2009)

with Ensemble Zwischentöne members
Agnieszka Dziubak, Jose Elguezabal, Kurt König, & Dorothee Sporbeck

Megaphonists
Anna Bromley, Morag Grant, Kim Henschke, Peggy Hoffmann, Luke Munn, Susanna Pfaff, & Joe Straub

& Brass players
Stephan Wiedemann (trumpet) & Maximilian Wehner (trombone)

Mockup

On site

Stephan Wiedemann (trumpet) & Maximilian Wehner (trombone)

Concrete I

Wood I

Metal I

Grass I

Concrete II

Wood II

Metal II

Grass II

Like what you see? Why not participate in the next performance – write us at megaphone@ensemble-zwischentoene.de

Photos by Bill Dietz
Video by Sebastian Biskup

After the jump, the long version, credits, and photos.

Banner

This week featured compositions by
Jens Brand, Scott Cazan, Nikolaus Gerzwski, hans w. koch, David Lidov, Thomas Meadowcroft, & Adam Overton

Ensemble Zwischentöne members
Johnny Chang, Agnieszka Dziubak, Jose Elguezabal, Volker Schindel, Dorothee Sporbeck, & Helles Weber

& the Megaphonists
Benedikt Bindewald, Morag Grant, Seth Josel, Kathinka, Tobias Reiser, Ulrike Ruf, Petra Stegmann, Jan Gerrit Strack, and Monika Zessnik

Like what you see? Why not participate in the next performance – write us at megaphone@ensemble-zwischentoene.de

Rehearsal at 7hours Haus 19

Observers

Megaphones & Cathedral

A passerby

& some more

Some of the audience

In formation for David Lidov's composition

Between formations with Adam Overton's composition

The long version:

Starting times:
Thomas Meadowcroft, „Megaphone Text“ – 0:40
Jens Brand, „o.T. ad lib“ – 3:55
Adam Overton, „Yelling Pieces“ – 9:17
Nikolaus Gerzweski, „Cycle“ – 11:34
David Lidov, „Composition for Megaphones“ – 21:07
hans w. koch. „kreis von lauten leuten“ – 24:42
Scott Cazan, „Noise“ – 30:54
Adam Overton, „Yelling Pieces II“ – 35:58

Photos by Sebastian Biskup & Bill Dietz
Video by Sebastian Biskup

(Photos & Videos from the First Peformance coming soon)

NEW New Music

das Orchester für direkte Demokratie

Charging the Orchestra

Blank Pickets

Agnieszka Dziubak

Dorothee Sporbeck

Pickets

Banner Plan

Bill Dietz & Agnieszka Dziubak painting

Banner

Like what you see? Why not participate in the next performance – write us at megaphone@ensemble-zwischentoene.de

All Photos taken at 7hours Haus19 www.7hours.com
Photos by Bill Dietz & Dorothee Sporbeck

COMING SOON:

TONSPUR_in between
Ensemble Zwischentöne + the 35 Megaphones of the „Orchester für direkte Demokratie“ presents
I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AND I AM SAYING IT*
Samstagsdemonstrationen Neuer Musik
*John Cage

13.11. • 20.11. • 27.11. • 04.12. • 11.12. • every week at 15 Uhr

Schloßplatz Berlin/Mitte • in front of the Benches between the Berliner Dom and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
[near the Humboldt-Box]

In retrospect, we might say that one of the defining characteristics of 20th century
avant-garde music was the gap between its real existence in concert pieces,
installations, etc., and its programmatic existence as a challenge to the relationship
between art and life. Though some might describe this gap as failure, it was
undoubtedly one of the primary motors of 20th century music’s incredible
productivity and innovation.
Nowadays, such quasi-messianistic ambition is harder and harder to find in the
professionalized “niche” existence of “new” and “experimental” musics.
By combining the rhetoric of the avant-garde with the (equally reified) form of the
public demonstration, we hope to regain something of the unbridled spirit made
possible by this particular historical gap. Thus, each week brings together
programmatic texts of 20th-century music and new compositions written especially
for this series via the vocabulary of a demonstration (megaphones, pickets,
banners, flyers).

Concept & Organisation: Bill Dietz
Megaphones: Otto Beck / Orchester für direkte Demokratie
Production: Ensemble Zwischentöne & „TONSPUR für einen öffentlichen raum“
With thanks to: Initiative Neue Musik Berlin, Otto Beck, Georg Weckwerth, Christiane Grüß / 7hours, and Sebastian Biskup

Info • berlin.tonspur.at • www.ensemble-zwischentoene.de