Acht Städte, acht Hits. Eine Reise durch die Welt, festgehalten in Bild und Ton. Kompositionen aus rhythmisch montierten Klängen von Kopfstößen gegen unterschiedliche Objekte und Oberflächen, dazu urbane Soundkulissen und Videoaufnahmen der Performance an verschiedenen Orten der Erde: Anna Vasofs audiovisuelle Stadtlandschaften. Mit dem Kopf gegen die Wand – für die Kunst. (Programmfolder on Tour Mai 2019)

I visit several cities and I hit my head on different surfaces. A microphone, which is mounted on my head, records the sound of these head-beats. A camera, located off to the side, records each action. In this way, all is made visible: the action, the sound recording, the surface upon which I hit my head, and the urban ambiance of the location. I make one episode for each city that I visit. The titles consist of the names of the cities and the word “hit”. For example, “Vienna-Hit” or “Berlin Hit”. For each episode a music piece is composed from the head-beats. The music is also used to structure the video editing. Each episode is around 2 minutes long. Hitting one’s head upon a wall is a worldwide known gesture. Desperate people who do not know what to do next might hit their heads against walls. This is not always literal. It is more often a metaphor for not knowing how to get around a strong sense of frustration. But if we observe this movement as an instrument, a hopeless action begins to transform into an absurd repetition. In the compositions, my head is played as instrument in multiple contradictory locations and creates an audiovisual urban “landscape” of the world.

London Hit:

Performance, Schnitt, Musik Anna Vasof

Begleitung Peter Regner, Katarina Šoškić

Gastgeberin Katarina Šoškić

Auckland Hit

Performance, Schnitt, Musik Anna Vasof

Bangkok Hit

Performance, Schnitt, Musik Anna Vasof

Begleitung Peter Regner

Athens Hit

Performance, Schnitt, Musik Anna Vasof

Begleitung Lorena Celemengo, Efie Mashalidy, Giota Kallianteri

Gastgeberinnen Lorena Celemengo, Edna Celemengo

Berlin Hit

Performance, Schnitt, Musik Anna Vasof

Begleitung Polyxeni Angelidou

Gastgeberinnen Polyxeni Angelidou, Mary-Audrey Ramirez

Location Casting Polyxeni Angelidou, Rainer Fu

Marrakesh Hit

Performance, Schnitt, Musik Anna Vasof

Begleitung Josef Vasof, Susanne Regner

Lima Hit

Performance, Schnitt, Musik Anna Vasof

Begleitung Katerina Makrynioti, Alfredo Bendezú Perea

Vienna Hit:

Performance, Schnitt Anna Vasof

Musik Heinz Riegler

Sound Engineering Fotos Rovolis, Markus Pagisch

ORFIII Judith Revers, Christoffer Koller