Florian Hecker
@ Graham Foundation
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, April 30th, at 8PM
Interested in notions of surprise and abrupt change in sound, Florian Hecker will perform Speculative Solution for the first time in the U.S. on April 30, 2011. Speculative Solution is a series of โmicro-chronicsโ or auditory sequences that range from extreme stasis to the most dynamic intensities. Hecker has set out to create new music exploring philosopher Quentin Meillassouxโs concept of โhyperchaos.โ
Here is Heckerโs predicament: it may be impossible to create a rational presentation of hyperchaos because hyperchaos may not be experienceable. While any composition has a finite duration, โhyperchaos is a theory of time, a theory to show that time is not becoming,โ as Meillassoux puts it, which we understand as a sort of continuity or reference to the infinite nature of the universe. And, achieving real disorder is impossible anyway, โbecause disorder is just another form of order than the one you expect,โ where fast-moving sound is a clichรฉ of randomness and merely another form of organizationโฆ
His performance delivers a perfect combination of theoretical underpinning and drop-dead digital disorientation.
This performance is presented in partnership with Lampo.
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