- Presenter: Weiwuying
- Duration is 32 minutes without intermission.
The auditorium with free-seating opens 30 minutes before each performance starts.
The presenter reserves the right to control the entrance or suspend admission based on the crowd in the auditorium.
The presenter will take photographs during the event. These photos will be used in the future for artistic promotion or non-profit purposes only. By entering this area, you agree to be photographed.
【2024 Weiwuying International Music Festival】Richters Patterns by Marcus SCHMICKLER
Abstract PaintingｘContemporary Music
An Exchange Between Different Arts
The film Richters Patterns, which consists of significant contemporary German artist Gerhard RICHTER's patterns, was created by composer Marcus SCHMICKLER and film director Corinna BELZ. BELZ used a detail of a photo that RICHTER gave her in 2015 to create a movie that was generated by a computer algorithm programmed for the project. SCHMICKLER wrote the music in parallel with the film's creation, and extended RICHTER's dividing method into the field of sound and time. Listeners experience these sounds as if they are looking at a painting. We will hear the visual rhythm in RICHTER's patterns with SCHMICKLER's interpretation in music!
Creative and Production Team
Composer｜Marcus SCHMICKLER
Director｜Corinna BELZ
Visual Artist & Original Idea｜Gerhard RICHTER
Performers of Music Recording｜Ensemble Musikfabrik
Artists Introduction
Composer｜Marcus SCHMICKLER
Marcus SCHMICKLER (1968- ) is a composer specializing in contemporary and electronic music. He resides in Cologne and in Graz. SCHMICKLER's work deals with the convergence of computer music, ensemble composition, performance, and science. His compositions create unique auditory spaces. Exploring a range of techniques from Shepard tones to ring modulations, SCHMICKLER harnesses their compositional potential, delving into sonic exploration through data sonification and otoacoustic emissions.
Additionally, he contributes texts on music theory to various publications, including MusikTexte, and his musical works have been featured in about 50 LPs and CDs. SCHMICKLER has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including the esteemed Rome Prize from the German Academy Villa
Massimo. He has taught at Bard College, CalArts, Robert Schumann Hochschule. His compositions have been performed by notable ensembles such as Neue Vocalsolisten, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Schlagquartett Köln, Ensemble Recherche, Kölner Kurrende, Staatskapelle Weimar, Ensemble Ruhr,
WDR Rundfunk Chor, WDR Rundfunk Orchestra, and RSAMD Chamber Choir, among others.
Director｜Corinna BELZ
Corinna BELZ studied philosophy, history of art and media sciences in Cologne and Berlin. She has
written and directed numerous film productions, including Life After Microsoft (2001) and Other American Voices (2002, awarded the Filmpreis des Deutschen Anwaltvereins). Her first film documenting Gerhard RICHTER's work, The Cologne Cathedral Window (2007), was awarded the World Media Gold Award -Art Documentaries. Her feature-length cinema documentary Gerhard Richter Painting (2011), won the German Film Prize in Gold (highest honors in German cinema). In 2016, her feature-length documentary Peter Handke. In the Woods, Might be Late premiered at the Film Festival Locarno, Official Selection. 2015 saw a new collaboration with Gerhard RICHTER for the abstract films Richters Patterns and Moving Picture (946-3). BELZ' cinema documentary Inside the Uffizi (2021) and Thomas Schütte, I am Not Alone (2023) won much critical acclaim and had international festival success. Corinna BELZ lives in Cologne and Berlin.
Visual Artist & Original Idea｜Gerhard RICHTER
The German artist Gerhard RICHTER (1932 born in Dresden) developed his independent oeuvre of paintings from 1962, while still a student at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, initially on the basis of photographic models. He later expanded his painting to include a wide variety of abstract styles. In addition to paintings and objects, RICHTER's complex oeuvre also includes drawings, watercolors, overpainted photographs and editions. His works can be found in important museum collections and are exhibited worldwide. RICHTER is considered one of the most important and influential living artists. The creation of Gerhard RICHTER's Cologne Cathedral Window, unveiled in 2007, was accompanied by film-maker Corinna BELZ in a documentary. In 2011, BELZ' feature-length documentary Gerhard Richter Painting was released. 2015 saw a third collaboration for the abstract films Richters Patterns and Moving Picture (946-3).
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©Marcus Schmickler
Cultural Development Partner
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【2024 Weiwuying International Music Festival】Richters Patterns by Marcus SCHMICKLER
Abstract PaintingｘContemporary Music
An Exchange Between Different Arts
The film Richters Patterns, which consists of significant contemporary German artist Gerhard RICHTER's patterns, was created by composer Marcus SCHMICKLER and film director Corinna BELZ. BELZ used a detail of a photo that RICHTER gave her in 2015 to create a movie that was generated by a computer algorithm programmed for the project. SCHMICKLER wrote the music in parallel with the film's creation, and extended RICHTER's dividing method into the field of sound and time. Listeners experience these sounds as if they are looking at a painting. We will hear the visual rhythm in RICHTER's patterns with SCHMICKLER's interpretation in music!
Creative and Production Team
Composer｜Marcus SCHMICKLER
Director｜Corinna BELZ
Visual Artist & Original Idea｜Gerhard RICHTER
Performers of Music Recording｜Ensemble Musikfabrik
Artists Introduction
Composer｜Marcus SCHMICKLER
Marcus SCHMICKLER (1968- ) is a composer specializing in contemporary and electronic music. He resides in Cologne and in Graz. SCHMICKLER's work deals with the convergence of computer music, ensemble composition, performance, and science. His compositions create unique auditory spaces. Exploring a range of techniques from Shepard tones to ring modulations, SCHMICKLER harnesses their compositional potential, delving into sonic exploration through data sonification and otoacoustic emissions.
Additionally, he contributes texts on music theory to various publications, including MusikTexte, and his musical works have been featured in about 50 LPs and CDs. SCHMICKLER has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including the esteemed Rome Prize from the German Academy Villa
Massimo. He has taught at Bard College, CalArts, Robert Schumann Hochschule. His compositions have been performed by notable ensembles such as Neue Vocalsolisten, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Schlagquartett Köln, Ensemble Recherche, Kölner Kurrende, Staatskapelle Weimar, Ensemble Ruhr,
WDR Rundfunk Chor, WDR Rundfunk Orchestra, and RSAMD Chamber Choir, among others.
Director｜Corinna BELZ
Corinna BELZ studied philosophy, history of art and media sciences in Cologne and Berlin. She has
written and directed numerous film productions, including Life After Microsoft (2001) and Other American Voices (2002, awarded the Filmpreis des Deutschen Anwaltvereins). Her first film documenting Gerhard RICHTER's work, The Cologne Cathedral Window (2007), was awarded the World Media Gold Award -Art Documentaries. Her feature-length cinema documentary Gerhard Richter Painting (2011), won the German Film Prize in Gold (highest honors in German cinema). In 2016, her feature-length documentary Peter Handke. In the Woods, Might be Late premiered at the Film Festival Locarno, Official Selection. 2015 saw a new collaboration with Gerhard RICHTER for the abstract films Richters Patterns and Moving Picture (946-3). BELZ' cinema documentary Inside the Uffizi (2021) and Thomas Schütte, I am Not Alone (2023) won much critical acclaim and had international festival success. Corinna BELZ lives in Cologne and Berlin.
Visual Artist & Original Idea｜Gerhard RICHTER
The German artist Gerhard RICHTER (1932 born in Dresden) developed his independent oeuvre of paintings from 1962, while still a student at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, initially on the basis of photographic models. He later expanded his painting to include a wide variety of abstract styles. In addition to paintings and objects, RICHTER's complex oeuvre also includes drawings, watercolors, overpainted photographs and editions. His works can be found in important museum collections and are exhibited worldwide. RICHTER is considered one of the most important and influential living artists. The creation of Gerhard RICHTER's Cologne Cathedral Window, unveiled in 2007, was accompanied by film-maker Corinna BELZ in a documentary. In 2011, BELZ' feature-length documentary Gerhard Richter Painting was released. 2015 saw a third collaboration for the abstract films Richters Patterns and Moving Picture (946-3).
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©Marcus Schmickler
Cultural Development Partner
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- Presenter: Weiwuying
- Duration is 32 minutes without intermission.
The auditorium with free-seating opens 30 minutes before each performance starts.
The presenter reserves the right to control the entrance or suspend admission based on the crowd in the auditorium.
The presenter will take photographs during the event. These photos will be used in the future for artistic promotion or non-profit purposes only. By entering this area, you agree to be photographed.
