_ AM ARSCH DER KUNST

SEPTEMBER 21 @ the ENTARTETE KUNSTXPRESS

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“...UND WIR HABEN HIER VERSUCHT, EIN STUECK EUROPAEISCHE STADT DES 21STEN JAHRHUNDERTS ZU BAUEN.”

ALBERT SPEER JR.

Innbetween Notes: .BLOCK 2. "ANSPRACHE" (time: ~2 minutes) -Lights are dimmed in the CS. Uncomfortable. The projection surface is now occupied by distinctly different messages (from the powerbook). The stage between the GRAZ AVL camoflage container is the center of attention.

Volk van Rotterdam! We hebben ons hier verzameld om onze geliefde thuisstad met zijn geweldige gebouwen die tot in de wolken reiken in het zonnetje te zetten!

In het zweet van ons aangezicht hebben we gisteren Rotterdam uit het puin wederopgebouwd, en vandaag kan Rotterdam de vergelijking met de architectuur van onze amerikaanse vrienden niet meer schuwen!

HOERRAAAA! RAAAAHHHH!

Ondanks dit zijn wanorde en chaos zijn reeds aan het werk om onze mooie straten en openbare plaatsen te verpesten en angst aan te jagen. Laten we ons gezamenlijk verweren tegen deze vreselijke bedreiging!

(kreten)

In het kader van het zomeroffensief tegen overlast heeft onze organisatie belangrijke vertegenwoordigers van deze bepalende Rotterdamse machten op ons volkspodium uitgenodigd.

U heft nu de basisdemocratische gelegenheid hier op te reageren met hun persoonlijke vragen, alleen op deze wijze werken we gezamenlijk aan een veiligere, schonere en aangenamere stad.

Welkom!

(entartetes gebruell)

INNBETWEEN notes: BLOCK 3. " RECONSTRUCTION" (time: ~5 minutes) SOUND: a more ambient/not heavy March soundscape (live + composed) must provide space for lively spoken words: Manhattan on the Maas and The German Bomb May 1940 introduce themselves, AKTION: Manhattan on the Maas and The German Bomb May 1940 are like yin-yang, WE are avatars/allegories of the constructive Ðdestructive dynamic in Rotterdam, strange/absurd enough, but still accessible and not yet so intimidating for the audience (so that the fuck-up afterwords makes sense). Images on the screen are related.

Together: THANK YOU, THANK YOU! GOOD EVENING.

Deutsche Bombe: NOW, WHERE ARE WE AGAIN? WHAT IS THIS PLACE SUPPOSED TO BE? IT LOOKS LIKE A BIERGARTEN. OKTOBERFEST.

Manhattan on the Maas: THIS, MY DEAR, IS Something called KUNSTXPRESS. THIS WEEKEND IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT REACTING TO YOUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

HEH-HEH. NATURALLY WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

AFTER ALL, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS CITY FOR 62 YEARS

LET ME EXPLAIN- FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT FIGURED IT OUT YET:

I AM "MAY 1940-DIE DEUTSCHE BOMBE"

...AND I AM "MANHATTAN ON THE MAAS".

MY FIRST JOB IN ROTTERDAM WAS TO DESTROY THE HISTORICAL CENTER...YOU KNOW, ALL THIS MONUMENTS AND OLD BUILDINGS TRAPPED IN THEIR OWN TRADITION. I WIPED OUT ALL THESE POSTCARD-SYMBOLS THAT ONCE REPRESENTED THE IDENTITY OF THE CITY...THE PORT WAS BURNING WELL, TOO.

BUT MY WORK DID NOT END THERE:ONCE ALL THE OLD ARCHITECTURAL RULES WERE OVERCOME, I CONTINUED TO SERVE THE NEED FOR MORE DESTRUCTION...EMPTY SPACE AND REBUILDING BECAME AN OBSESSION HERE...

YOU COULD SAY: I LIBERATED THE CITY FROM OUTDATED LAWS AND OLD-FASHIONED RESTRICTIONS-WHICH OTHER EUROPEAN CITIES ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH! FORGET BUILDING-HEIGHT LIMITS IN THE CRUSTY CITY-CENTER, GO AHEAD DEMOLISHING CHURCHES! ALL THIS CONSERVATIVE MUMMIES OF CITIES ! FORGET ABOUT NOSTALGIA I ALLOW YOU TO MAP OUT AND OVER WHATEVER YOU LIKE!

BACK THEN, I DECIDED TO LIBERATE YOU FROM THE POVERTY AND PAIN OF THE OCCUPATION AND BROUGHT YOU CHOCOLATE AND CIGARETTES, FUN AND HAPPINESS.

WITH ALL OF THIS FANTASTIC OPEN SPACE, THERE WAS ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES TO CONSTRUCT NEW MODERN MASTERPLANS. STEEL AND GLASS. AIR-CONDITIONED SHOPPING MALLS! MCDONALD'S! and even, WOLKENKRABBERS. IN THE SHADOW OF THE SKYLINE, GLIMMERING IN THE SUN, YOU CAN GO FUN-SHOPPING FOR ALL THE PRODUCTS YOU DON'T NEED BUT WANNAHAVE.

I HAVE MADE EVERYTHING EASY AND EASYEVERYTHING™.

I HAVE MADE YOU A CENTER OF WORLD TRADE AND I MADE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.

YOU KNOW ME. YOU SAW IT ON TV.

JUST LOOK AROUND. EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS BECAUSE OF US! WE ARE YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR NIGHTMARES OF THE CITY

BUT DON'T BE AFRAID. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE

WE ARE YOUR SERVANTS, SLAVE'S TO YOUR WISHES. WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE WHAT YOU WANTED.

WE ARE WHAT MAKES ROTTERDAM GREAT. WE ARE THE FORCES OF CONSTANT RECONSTRUCTION. THE CHANCE TO CHANGE YOUR MIND. AND, WE KNOW, YOU ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR MIND.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO TONIGHT... WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND? TELL US WHAT YOU WANT AND WE WILL MAKE IT SO.

Innbetween notes: SOUND: we address the audience (democratic) with questions (for looping, distortion). It is a gradually developing intensification from the "democratic" sound before to the very militaristic-Polizeistaat NAZI sound-noise: 1.(ca.4 min.): interruption of the 2 characters talking and interacting through hard Live-strikes on the drums and annoying live guitar riffs here and there.(supporting recording: Marsch building up, not yet climaxing. Audience response fed to the looper.

what would you like me to destroy? what should i liberate you from? what shall i destroy? did i miss a target here/somewhere?

do you want a high-rise? where shall we put it? and what will go on inside?

where would you like to have an empty space? Can you think of something I should make space for?

what is your wannahave? is there some product you can't get here, something i should import for you?

What has Rotterdam lost? Is there something missing? What was the greatest loss because of me?

are you happy? are you properly sedated?

Is everything all right here? is there something that needs to be changed with Rotterdam?

(interaktion cache): "we've been doing this for a long time, don't worry, trust us...Ó "After all, it is your democratic opportunity to participate in the construction and destruction of the built environment." " Hey, forget the architects and city-planners, you are authorized to say something.Ó "Most of the time we only hear from developers and architects, please, tell us what you, the users of the city, want!Ó

Innbetween notes: BLOCK 4. "VEILIG" takes over (time: 10 minutes) the recording picks up the MARSCH-achtig start. But now, it will get really brutal. The "order"-characters Jeroen en Erik also start shouting (GESTAPO-) intimitating rhythmic phrases (like"VEILIG!-HEEL!-SCHOON! SHOW ME YOUR ID! DO NOT MOVE! Also here:first a word, then more and more. They take over (also accoustically). AKTION: ACT01: Manhattan and May 1940 are transformed by the "new order" of veiligheid (safety) and OBEY. With flashlight and face paint,we attack the audience. ACT02: Possessed, we mechanically prepare the noose and present it to the audience. ACT03: disappear sidestage, bring the steel gallows in front of the projection. Culminating with the music, MM and DB hang ourselves. There is a third noose left waiting. YOU.