Zeitgenössische Musik hören und verstehen
(Listening to and Understanding Contemporary Music)

The year 1968 not only saw the birth of steirischer herbst, but also the first edition of ORF musikprotokoll. As a music festival-within-the-festival, it has been documenting the state of contemporary music since then. But what does that mean? What does musikprotokoll want? And why does it sound (funny) the way it does?

In the counterpart to our basic format on visual art, we analyze contemporary music based on a number of ORF musikprotokoll projects from recent years. It quickly becomes clear that music can and wants to do more than just accompany us. Composers tell stories and make visible parts of our world for which had no eye by making audible what we had no ear for.

A short excursion into the history of ORF musikprotokoll is followed by a practical part in which participants transform their surroundings into a sound collage.