BIOSPHERE

BIOSPHERE is an immersive performance created for public spaces in which the audience can participate with their own bikes. Conny Zenk, Gischt, Verena Dürr, Ramona Cidej and Matthias Hurtl develop a multi-channel open air sound experience in motion. On the basis of field recordings from different locations in Floridsdorf, sonic atmospheres of the city are captured, from central to peripheral locations. On three evenings in June, a swarm of bicycles with mobile speakers move as a soundride from the last piece of danube forest in Brigittenau to Floridsdorf.

“Understanding sound as relational, as what may traffic across acoustics and electronics, bodies and machines, supporting contact with the world.”
– LaBelle, Brandon. Acoustic Justice, 2021

Route

Start: Parkanlage „Freie Mitte“, Vorgartenstraße 109, 1020 Wien to Floridsdorf,
Schlingermarkt, 1210 Vienna

Weather-related cancellations will be announced at least two hours before the start via the RAD Performance newsletter.

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Contact: Conny Zenk / Lena Kauer, soundrides@radperformance.at

Team

RAD Performerinnen on Soundbikes:
Beo, Bull, Conny, Elena, Gulnaz, Krähe, Ines, Pina
Artistic Direction, Concept, Performance: Conny Zenk 
Technical Direction: Georg Hartl 
Text & Poetry: Verena Dürr
Performer: Suzie Léger
Sound Art: Gischt, Matthias Hurtl, Conny Zenk
Philosophical Framework: Ramona Cidej
Fashion: Birgit Rampula / amateur
On-Site Recording: Conny Zenk, Ursula Winterauer
Outside Eye: Rahel Kraft
Video: Ioana Tarchila
Montage: Chris Schratt
Graphic design: Hannah Mayr
Production: Lena Kauer / der goldene shit  

Funded by BMKÖS – Frischluft, Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien (MA 7), KÖR – Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Wien
Thanks to: Hermes Radbot*innen, Lastenradkollektiv, Kunstkanal