Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger

Opening Reception / Organ Performance:

Thursday, May 18, 7pm

On view by appointment through June 10

Mathew Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition of a new Modular Organ System prototype by Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger.

Constructed of 93 organ pipes purchased and collected from organ builders and churches throughout southern Germany, the system is powered by a central wind machine and triggered by midi data, which creates a unique and extraordinary variety of glitches, drones and arpeggios.

Originally presented at the Kestnergesellschaft in Hannover as part of Annette Kelm's exhibition, "Leaves," the organ will not only be exhibited at Mathew Gallery's Berlin location but also be used by Sollmann and Sprenger for recordings and rehearsals of new compositions. As part of this new setting for Modular Organ System, Annette Kelm will present her work "Sirene", 2017 that portrays Hermann Von Helmholtz's double siren, which was used by Sollmann for his composition "Monophonie" that premiered at Volksbühne in Berlin this February.

Konrad Sprenger (b.1977) is the owner of the label Choose Records and known for collaborations with Ellen Fullman, Arnold Dreyblatt, Robert Ashley and Terry Fox. Within the last years Sprenger's work focussed on his self-playing midi guitar which will be featured on his new album to be released on PAN in June 2017.

Phillip Sollmann (b.1974) has recently realized "Monophonie", at Berlin's Volksbühne, an acoustic composition using the instruments of American composer and instrument maker Harry Partch, the sculptures of US-based artist Val Bertoia, and German physicist Hermann Von Helmholtz's 150-year-old double siren.