Ausgestellte Akustik

“Wir können durch die Kopfhörer der Wellenmelodik lauschen, ihre Empfindungen aufnehmen, uns ein akustisches Bild malen, (…) mit den Augen den Noten hinter Glas folgen, die Töne mit den Zeichen verbinden.” – Henrike Simm über die Rolle der Akustik in der Ausstellung “Black Mountain. Ein interdisziplinäres Experiment 1933-57”

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Interview with Pete Jennerjahn

“We made our own slides and we would project slides on a person or partway on a person (…). We would strive through our very poor tools to get this to happen. We did a lot of improvisation in terms of techniques and devices to get our point made.” – Pete Jennerjahn in a film and interview with Sigrid Pawelke on his experiments with project slides and the involvement of the students in the self-sufficient community of Black Mountain College.

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Interview with Theodore Dreier jr.

“I remember with Merce just his sense of focus, his sense of being upright, being in the body and moving and knowing what you were going to do, being ready for the next thing, but enjoying where you are, that was just contagious” – Theodore Dreier Jr. in a film and interview with Sigrid Pawlke on his classes with Merce Cunningham and other influencing faculty at Black Mountain College

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