last saturday Nickeldorf, Kleylehof, Austria: gathered musicians named the CHOICE OF CATEGORY performed on a stone stage annexed to a stone arena hand-built by Austrian sculptor Franz Gyolcs himself in front of his studios at Kleylehof. the Jazz Gallery Nickelsdorf invited there as a HOMMAGE Á SUN RA for 5 days to COSMIC TONES FOR MENTAL THERAPY. – follow some photo-impressions:
pacemaker Austrian sculptor Franz Gyolcs passes the center of his land art work supervising the event. after a strong-lone-man act of 4 years his stone stage ready for performance.
Marshall Allen, 88, since 1995 head of SUN RA ARCHESTRA
Philipp Quehenberger & Didi Kern
CHOICE OF CATEGORY
Juinie Booth & Marshall Allen – SUN RA seems to appear with sun set
amidst the audience: a wooden sculpture by Franz Gyolcs
Hari Michlits – light designer enlightens Franz Gyolcs´”later work” & the musicians…
… whilst sunset enlightens roses, women – the audience
Hans Falb – inventive genius of konfrontationen Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf
a walk through the gallery of Franz Gyolcs, Kleylehof
Georg Pehm about the artist: Art Off Vogue (in German)
a tv-documentation about the artist on Austrian broadcast:
ORF III : Ramacher & Einfalt unterwegs – Kuenstler ueber Kuenstler:
Marshall Allan watching a historical record of a SUN RA ARCHESTRA concert…
… & looking back from the canvas too
SUN RA:
“I’m talking about something that’s so impossible, it can’t possibly be true. But it’s the only way the world is going to survive, this impossible thing. My job is to change 5 billions of people to something else. Totally impossible. But everything that’s possible has been done by man, I have to deal with the impossible. And when I deal with the impossible and am successful, it makes me feel good because I know I’m not bullshittin’.”
poesis & crisis 