SUMA 4.30

Performed at :
CSW Zamek Ujazdowski (Centre for Contemporary Art) Warsaw, 20 January 2017
Pawilon / Arsenale, Poznañ, 19 October 2018. 

Length: 60mins
Performers: 3 + curator
Sound: 4 channel/quadraphonic
 

Suma 4.30 (Total of 4.30) is a musical composition comprising 20 dynamic sections, individually based on the final suite of drawings by the contemporary artist Leszek Knaflewski. These drawings were seen as an unfinished project which he worked upon in the last few months of his life. These drawings were totally unlike anything Knaflewski had created before and have been used directly as a graphic score for the one hour piece.

Robert Curgenven – turntables, oscillators, mixing console
Krzysztof Cybulski – contrabass, trumpet, AAS pipe organ, software
Michal Górczynski – clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
curator: Pawel Krzaczkowski (composition concept)

Leszek Knaflewski (8 May 1960 - 6 Sept 2014) was an important Polish contemporary artist and Professor at the Academy of Arts in Poznañ who also produced works spanning the fields of multimedia, films, painting, installations, photography and audio performance. In the years 1983-1989 he was a member of the artistic group Kolo Klipsa.

Extract from premiere CSW Zamek Ujazdowski (Centre for Contemporary Art) Warsaw, 20/01/2017