Based on the composition for piano of the eccentric
musician an elaborate room installation was developed. The installation
provides unique sound experience. The audience immerse in extraordinary
interaction between space, time and repetition. The visitor which is part of
the installation is invited to play with the operation instructions and
experience their own perception layers. The Saties suggestion to repeat the
composition 840 times and play it in a slow tempo to experience meditative
nature of the music is a great physical and mental challenge for the pianists.
Kerstin Kussmaul, Jan Burkardt and the Satie expert Stephen Whittigton are sharing
that task. The audience gets operation instructions before entering the room,
sound and performance installation to deal playfully with perception layers. In
any case by entering the big room installation the visitor becomes recipient
and protagonist at the same time. Due to the tempo of the musical procedure the
performance lasts about 21 hours.