MELODY DER WELT // PROJECT BY JOSEF KA // SPIRITISSIMA ART GALLERY // MÖDLING 2022

MELODIE DER WELT // MELODY OF THE WORLD

played by

ORCHESTER DER WELT // ORCHESTRA OF THE WORLD

conducted by Josef Ka in collaboration with the 
first feature-length sound film

Melodie der Welt // directed by Walter Ruttmann // 1929 // 40m 
Musicians: the audience
The audience was encouraged to bring their favourite musical instruments.


THE inspiration for that project came from the first feature-length sound film
Melodie der Welt // directed by Walter Ruttmann // 1929 // 40min
Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966) a German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist
wrote about Melodie der Welt
…An impression of the state of the world in 1929, 
contrasting similarities and differences in religion, 
customs, art and entertainment from all over the world. 
In 2022 performance and visual artist Josef Ka invited people 
to join the project ORCHESTER DER WELT // ORCHESTRA OF THE WORLD


Premiere will took place in a private art gallery located in a famouse art-deco house, Lerchengasse 33, 2340 Mödling, Austria, hosted by Austrian artist Walter K Egg.

photos by Walter Ulreich

Published by Josef Ka

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International performance, visual and sound artist Josef Ka blends richly varied influences – everything from Butoh dance to cinematic theory – with her decades of nomadic world travel to create bold, highly personal site-specific art. Josef Ka’s themes range from investigating the place of the human body in contemporary reality to exploring the inner body as a representative system of our human and post human kind. Her artistic practice often actively invites the audience inside a sort of private reverie, making it is a deeply participatory one; she actively engages with both her audiences and with a wide diversity of other experimental artists. In addition to her own work, Josef Ka curates a regular series of events and exhibitions at her Helsinki underground space – Sauna Gallery – and teaches classes on the theory and practice of performance art. She is also the inventor of the WORST THEATRE and her yogic training system, KA-YOGA. https://eskargoeskargo.com/

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