Kunst am Bau

Kunst am Bau is a 1993 album by Wieland Bauer & Susanne Stövhase with music by Mayo Thompson, Barnaby O'Rourke and Lars Rudolph.

Track list

	Track		Writer	Notes
1.	Ouverture Sifflée	1:03	Rudolph	instrumental
2.	The Mirror of Your Soul	3:41	Thompson
3.	Altes Liebeshasslied	2:54	Rudolph
4a.	I Take You	8:00	Rudolph	instrumental
4b.	Dancing With a Tree		O'Rourke/Rudolph
5.	Altes Liebeshasslied Instrumental	2:56	Rudolph	instrumental
6.	Stamp Act 1	0:41	O'Rourke/Rudolph	instrumental
7.	Stamp Act 2	0:20	O'Rourke/Rudolph	instrumental
8.	Stamp Act 3	0:35	O'Rourke/Rudolph	instrumental
9.	Old Tom Clark	4:02	Thompson/Barthelme
10.	Hot Ibiza	2:40	Rudolph/Thompson	instrumental
11.	It's Beautiful	1:35	Rudolph/Thompson
12.	Nipper Sleeps Tonight	1:20	O'Rourke/Rudolph	instrumental
13.	Same Old Thing	3:39	Thompson
14.	Unter dem Doppeladler	2:31	Rudolph	instrumental
15.	Sit Down Idiot	3:00	Rudolph/Thompson	Irene, Goodnight?
16.	Eating My Husband	3:32	O'Rourke
17.	Irene, Goodnight	4:20	Leadbetter
18.	E. C. Midnight	4:26	O'Rourke/Rudolph	instrumental
19.	Aehh - Aahh	2:25	O'Rourke	instrumental
20.	Men and Women	2:39	Thompson
21.	Collage Caputt	1:30	Rudolph	instrumental
22.	I Need Silence	1:19	Rudolph	instrumental

Background

Susanne Stövhase

For the occasion of the move of the musical instrument collection of the of the Wurttemberg State Museum into a historic building in the centre of Stuttgart, the CD "Kunst am Bau" was produced as an edition for the museum shop within the framework of a "Kunst am Bau" project ("Art at Construction").

The project thematized the altered concept of public space, the function of which has long since been taken over by medial space. The question was also raised as to what a sculpture means in this context, in that the distribution of the CDs from the museum into real space was declared a sculpture. Three musicians from pop and experimental backgrounds were engaged to work with the historical instruments of the museum. The resulting CD-edition was presented at the museum shop in the form of a stack containing all of the copies of the edition. Through the sales or rather purchase of the copies, not only was the stack changed but so was the imaginary sculpture, which came into being through the spreading of the CDs within the private space.

Released in an edition of 1,000

• The song "Old Tom Clark" was first released in 1970
• This is the only official release of "Men and Women" which was performed live in the 1970s
• Thompson performed "Same Old Thing" live in 2023

Personnel

• Barnaby O'Rourke - basso die camere, hammerflügel, kavallerietrompete, orgelpositiv, saxophon, schiedmayer scheola, stamping, stimmgabelklavier, vocals, whistling
• Lars Rudolph - cembalo, collagen, drums, electric slide guitar, hammerflügel, landsknechttrommel, orgelpositiv, schiedmayer scheola, stimmgabelklavier, trompete, tuba, vocals, whistling
• Mayo Thompson - acoustic guitar, fender electric guitar, human bass box, vocals
• Guest appearance by Dr. Väterlein und den Lady-Guards

Technical

• Kevin Rich - recording engineer

• Alex B - mixing
• Mayo Thompson - producer
• Lars Rudolph - producer

Reviews

Taz

December 15, 1993

Ulrich Clewing

bewegnungen

October 16, 2015