Frozen Music
A project by Julia Koerner / JK3D and Andreas Vierziger
with Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings
First exhibited at the 100 year anniversary of IFA,
the world's largest consumer and electronics show
The sculpture features the fourth movement of Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, Op. 97, known as the “Rhenish” Symphony. This movement, titled "Feierlich" (solemnly), is interpreted as depicting a ceremony or event within the Cologne Cathedral. Schumann visited the cathedral and attended a ceremony there in 1850, which deeply impressed him and influenced the mood and character of this movement.
Schumann re-created the cathedral in his music, and now his music is being used to re-create elements of the Cologne Cathedral in a sculpture. Julia and her team at JK3D implemented the music piece into an algorithm they designed. This process translates the music into a frozen geometry which represents each part of the music. Further they analyzed the plan drawing of the cathedral, with its varying cross sections of columns and poche, and integrated the profiles into the geometry design. The profiles of the columns are then swept along various strands in the sculpture. The striated geometry of the cathedral structure is reflected in the elongated and dynamic representation of the music piece.
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100 years of shaping the future: celebrating a century of human ingenuity and innovation. IFA is the world’s largest consumer electronics and home appliances trade show. Every year, the event connects leading global tech powerhouses, industry gurus, global icons, media, unicorn founders, entrepreneurs, investors, technologists and more. In 2023, more than 182,000 visitors visited IFA Berlin from 138 countries. Our centenary celebration promises to be an extraordinary occasion, commemorating 100 years of remarkable technological progress and innovation that have profoundly shaped the realm of consumer electronics and appliances.
Team: Julia Koerner (Creative Director), Kais Al-Rawi, Oliver Hamedinger, Lucia Flir and Naomi Neururer