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Lucas Norer ~ Disposition

Lucas Norer ~ Disposition

Disposition is a political work that seeks to depoliticize, an abstract work that seeks to upend old associations. Available as a softcover book with USB card, the album castigates the co-opting of the Kufstein Heroes’ Organ while celebrating its tonality.  Essays (in German and English) explore the organ’s history while providing pathways to reevaluation.

This poor organ, rapturous and reviled,…

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Lucas Norer ~ Portbou

Lucas Norer ~ Portbou

What a difference time can make.  In 1940, Portbou (Spain) was a crossing point for refugees fleeing the Nazis, traveling from Marseilles to Lisbon.  A sound-funneling monument now stands there in honor of Walter Benjamin, who after being discovered by the authorities committed suicide rather than go back.  Looking back, we see the necessity of such “illegal crossings.”  Few would now argue that…

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Die vorliegenden Stücke sind die Radioversion der gleichnamigen Klanginstallation. „Lisbon Route“, so der Titel, präsentiert eine akustische Spurensuche entlang einer der zentralen Fluchtrouten jüdischer Emigration während des zweiten Weltkrieges. Die Stücke gewähren Einblick in die Situation von Menschen auf der Flucht, entlang einer Route die von Marseille über die Pyrenäen nach Lissabon führte. Traurige Berühmtheit erlangte diese Fluchtroute durch den Kritiker Walter Benjamin, der auf tragische Weise auf seiner Flucht in Portbou (Spanien) starb. Ein von Dani Karavan gestaltetes Denkmal vor Ort erinnert seit 1994 an seinen Tod und dessen Umstände. Neben Walther Benjamin machten sich noch unzählige andere Flüchtlinge unter ihnen viele bekannte KünstlerInnen und Intellektuelle wie Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Franz Werfel, Lion Feuchtwanger, Heinrich Mann, usw. auf die beschwerliche Flucht über die „Lisbon Route“. Lucas Norer besuchte die historischen Orte der Fluchtroute und dokumentierte seine Reise mittels Field-Recordings, literarischen Verweisen, Interviews und Archivmaterialien.

///ENGLISH VERSION/// The present tacks are a radio version (in german language) of the sound installation by the same name. "Lisbon Route“ traces the acoustic paths of one of World War II’s main Jewish escape routes, on which thousands of people fled via Marseille from the Nazi-terror to Lisbon, hoping for a passage over the Atlantic. Lucas Norer visited the historical sites of the escape route and documented his journey through field recordings, literary references and interviews from Shoah archives. In addition to the sounds recorded on the research trip, various literary references (such as Friedrich Torberg, Heinrich Mann, Anna Seghers, Arthur Koestler) and interviews from Shoah archives are included. 

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The present tacks are a radio version (in german language) of the sound installation by the same name. „Lisbon Route“ traces the acoustic paths of one of World War II’s main Jewish escape routes, on which thousands of people fled via Marseille from the Nazi-terror to Lisbon, hoping for a passage over the Atlantic. Lucas Norer visited the historical sites of the escape route and documented his journey through field recordings, literary references and interviews from Shoah archives. In addition to the sounds recorded on the research trip, various literary references (such as Friedrich Torberg, Heinrich Mann, Anna Seghers, Arthur Koestler) and interviews from Shoah archives are included. For more information visit http://lisbonrouteproject.tumblr.com/

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A short clip of my new site-specific installation “Ein Trugbild und eine Abstraktion” (A Figment and an Abstraction).