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Memory From December 2000 At Fylkingen _ Sören Runolf by halffloor

In April I wrote a short sonic poem for Halffloor inspired by the Frankfurt Guleut area. Spending time here, on this little piece of Earth squeezed between the railway tracks and the Main river, allows me to shift between worlds within minutes. This is Frankfurt to me: rich and poor exist in close adjacency and there is not an awful lot in between. For me, being in Frankfurt means navigating a relatively empty territory between polarities.

I made the sound piece 'Guleutviertel' with a simultaneous feeling of dislocation as well as nostalgia towards this neighborhood. A bit broken and forgotten by the world but still living and life doesn't stop until it is over.

s t o p _ Thelma Asine by halffloor

57°38´40"N 11°44'0"Ö _ Joachim Nordwall by halffloor

This is a sacred chant for the city of Duisburg, Germany. With the voices of Christina Böckler, Eva Elena Busch, Johanna Yasirra-Kluhs and Marie Gavois.

Alilagnarut _ Henrik Olsson by halffloor

The piece lotus2_hf is a fraction of a distorted speech about peace and forgiveness which was sent through a feedbacking mixer with a vibrato effect. Hints of voice arouse curiosity. Distortion does the dynamics. Noise starts to relax. Its almost arcane.

God Given Right _ Theodor Kentros by halffloor

Engl.

This is a flock of sheep coming back to the yard in front of their barn after a day on the vast lush green pastures in easternmost Turkey close to the Georgian and Armenian borders. Behind the gate the hungry lambs are already waiting. The turkey gives the start signal and each lamb finds its mother. This happens surprisingly quickly and ends in pleasurable smacking.

Deutsch.

Dies ist eine Herde Schafe, die nach einem Tag auf den weiten saftig grünen Weiden in der östlichsten Türkei nah zur georgischen und armenische Grenze zurück in den Hof vor ihrem Stall kommen. Hinter dem Gatter warten schon die hungrigen Lämmer. Der Truthahn (Turkey) gibt das Startzeichen und jedes Lamm findet seine Mutter. Dies geht erstaunlich schnell und endet in genussvollem Schmatzen.

subtitles:

OK, I’m going up a hill now, I see something up here … sticking out of the snow

/… /

If I stand there … and then look in that direction …

/ … /

and what is that over there, then? … There is the entrance, you can see that, then …

/… /

Oh, right.