Photo: Rebecca ter Braak
[ concert ]
Time : Wednesday 14.05, 19:30-20:30
Location : turkis, Vester Allé 15, Aarhus C
Artists: Mathias Monrad Møller & Ensemble Garage
Supported by : Goethe Institut Dänemark
Info
Do you, too, enjoy the benefits of capitalism, but feel a pang of guilt, when you think about it more deeply? In The Funny Sad of Your Life!™®, Mathias Monrad Møller and Ensemble Garage use this dilemma of late-capitalist affluent societies as the starting point for a series of ironic love songs. These love songs are based on poems that Møller compiled from advertising slogans – cheap poetry transformed into ironic hymns to capitalism.
Møller’s dystopian songs echo back to us from a future, where capitalism no longer exists, but is nostalgically longed for – because you’re worth it! A time we enjoyed, albeit with a guilty conscience. We went further, obeyed the thirst. The Funny Sad of Your Life!™® is paired with the Danish premiere of Møller’s Fruits, a cycle of works for piano and MIDI files, in which the pianist is invited to freely select MIDI samples, envisioning MIDI as interpretable material.
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Mathias Monrad Møller (b. 1988) is a Danish-German singer and composer who juxtaposes musical ideas with materials from politics, pop culture, history, and literature. He lives and works in Copenhagen, and his works have been performed by ensembles such as Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and PHØNIX16 Berlin. They have also been broadcast across European radio and featured at festivals, including Ultraschall Berlin and Klang Copenhagen. A recipient of the Carl Nielsen and Léonie Sonning talent prizes, he closely collaborates with choreographer Alma Toaspern under the moniker toaspern|moeller.
Photo: Rebecca ter Braak