An extraordinary work of sound and light will come to life on Kulturnatten 2024 in the enormous B&W halls on Refshaleøen: SOM ILD OG VAND is an immersive experience of music, sound, lights and lasers in the impressive industrial halls that are normally closed for public access.


– DANISH BELOW –

With 70-meter-high ceilings, the huge halls were previously used for shipbuilding, and currently houses the stage sets of the Royal Danish Theatre.

The composer and electronic music pioneer Gunner Møller Pedersen wrote the spatial work SOM ILD OG VAND (‘Like Fire and Water’) in 1986, mixing electronic and acoustic sounds into timeless music.

SOM ILD OG VAND is one of Gunner Møller Pedersen’s most significant works, and it will be reinterpreted in an installation-based and site-specific production on Kulturnatten in a collaboration between the light and sound collective Båll & Brand, Denmark’s electronic music organization Strøm, and The Royal Danish Theatre.

 

With its enormous dimensions, the work creates an organic symphony of light and sound that floods the entire 562.500 m3 historic shipbuilding hall. The multi-channel sound set-up with four speaker towers will immerse the visitors in the soundscape of the music, creating a physical sound experience, moving from the active and extrovert world of fire to the calmer and more peaceful world of water.

“The music creates a very large space which is characteristic for eight-channel music. It’s the kind of music that puts the listener in the centre of the experience, instead of a band on stage being the focal point. The music itself creates the space – and becomes part of your inner landscape”, Gunner Møller Pedersen says.


The new production of SOM ILD OG VAND is part of the Strøm project Lydskatten, rescuing and disseminating the history of Danish electronic music.


With a Culture Night wristband, the sound and light installation can be visited continuously throughout the evening. The experience is 21 minutes long and will run in a loop (with small breaks in between) throughout the evening. Visitors can move about freely in the hall at their own pace and stay for as long as they want.

SOM ILD OG VAND – en gigantisk lyd- og lysinstallation i B&W-hallerne

Et ekstraordinært lyd- og lysværk kommer til live på Kulturnatten 2024 i de enorme B&W-haller på Refshaleøen: SOM ILD OG VAND er en immersiv oplevelse af musik, lyd, lys og laser i de imponerende industrihaller, der normalt er lukket for offentlig adgang.

De enorme haller med 70 meter til loftet blev tidligere brugt til bygning af skibe og huser i dag Det Kongelige Teaters kulisselager.

Komponisten og lydlegenden Gunner Møller Pedersen skrev i 1986 det rumlige værk SOM ILD OG VAND, hvor han blander elektroniske og akustiske lyde til tidløs musik.

SOM ILD OG VAND er et af Gunner Møller Pedersens mest betydningsfulde værker, og det vil blive genfortolket i en installationsbaseret og stedsspecifik produktion på Kulturnatten i et samarbejde mellem lys- og lydkollektivet Båll & Brand, Danmarks elektroniske musikorganisation Strøm og Det Kongelige Teater.

Med sine enorme dimensioner skaber værket en organisk symfoni af lys og lyd, der oversvømmer hele den 562.500 m3 store historiske skibsbygningshal. Multikanals-lydsetuppet med fire højttalertårne vil omslutte de besøgende i musikkens lydlandskab og skabe en fysisk lydoplevelse, der bevæger sig fra ild (aktivt og udadvendt) til vand (roligere og mere fredfyldt).

»Musikken skaber et meget stort rum, hvilket er karakteristisk for ottekanals-musik. Det er den slags musik, der sætter lytteren i centrum for oplevelsen, i stedet for at et band på scenen er omdrejningspunktet. Musikken skaber selv rummet – og bliver en del af dit indre landskab«, siger Gunner Møller Pedersen.

Nyopsætningen af SOM ILD OG VAND er en del af Strøms projekt Lydskatten, der redder og formidler den danske elektroniske musiks historie.

 Med et Kulturnat-armbånd kan man besøge lyd- og lysinstallationen løbende hele aftenen. Oplevelsen er 21 minutter lang og vil køre i et loop fra 18.00 til 24.00 – med små pauser indimellem. De besøgende kan bevæge sig frit rundt i salen i deres eget tempo – og blive så længe de vil.

Kunstnere/Artists

Gunner Møller Pedersen – komponistbasen.dk
Båll & Brand – bllbrnd.dk
Strøm – strm.dk

Dato/Date

Friday October 11th

Tidspunkt/Time

18.00-24.00

Lokation/Location

The B&W halls, Refshalevej 177B

Pris/Price

Kulturpas: 125 dkk. (free entrance for children (0-11 years))

Billet/Ticket

Livestream

Max kapacitet/Max capacity

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