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| Racing Cars – The Art Dimension | | Martin Hall | | Format: | CD | | Released: | October 2006 | Label: | Panoptikon | Catalogue: | OPTIK 08 |
| Lyrics: | Martin Hall | | Music: | Martin Hall | | Producer: | Martin Hall | | Cover: | Helle Marietta Pedersen | | Photo: | |
| Musicians: | Katja Andersson: vocals
Konsort: choir
Martin Hall: vocals, keyboards, piano, tapes, balalaika, electronics
Michael Morelli: countertenor
The Vista Dome Ensemble: orchestra
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| Recorded during the summer of 2006, at mobile locations and at The Music Room. |
| Notes: | From October 13 to December 30 2006, the Danish art museum Aros became the home for the high-profile exhibition Racing Cars – The Art Dimension by internationally renowned artist Ingvar Cronhammar. With this world premiere of the unique meeting between art and racing cars, Aros focused on the sculptural and aesthetic dimensions of the cars – dimensions which were emphasized in the artistic presentation, an enormous installation of Formula 1 and Le Mans racing cars. This meant that the museum's guests became subject to a remarkable total-experience at the exhibition, an installation that covered all of the 1.400 square metres of the museum's special exhibition space and foyer.
By regarding racing cars not just as functional items, but also as pure form – as sculpture on wheels – the exhibition created a symbiosis between two widely differing worlds: between the ultimate motor sport and art. The exhibited racing cars were not only unique in their design forms, they had also seen active service on racetracks the world over with such legendary drivers as Stirling Moss, Ronni Petersson and Jackie Stewart behind the wheel. In a ground-breaking presentation guests were introduced to a unique universe where the walls had been painted black, the floor had been covered by reflecting steel plates, the gallery columns had become red, metallic pistons, and the lights had been turned into giant piston rings. The racing cars were presented on steel podiums in an installation of light, sound and moving images.
As the finishing touch, a unique soundscape was composed for the event by Martin Hall. Presenting an entirely new, 77-minute long composition concurrently released on cd (the opening being a re-recording of a theme from his 2006-album ‘Facsimile’, but otherwise all the material was brand new selections), MH once again worked with The Vista Dome Ensemble as well as the choir Konsort and singer Katja Andersson. As a new name to this constellation, MH added countertenor Michael Morelli who performs on all in all four sequences of the work’s 45 “musical chapters”. On the cd, however, the work remains one coherent piece of work due to the overall impression of the exhibition itself.
'Racing Cars - The Art Dimension' has been ARoS' most visited exhibition so far. More than 10.000 people made it to the museum in the opening days alone (all in all it was seen by 137.000). |
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