ALBERT MAYR
THE JONNY HAWAII ORCHESTER
edited by Elisabeth Fiedler
Engl./German, 118 p., numerous col. illustrations, 16,5 x 23 cm, Softcover
With a text contribution by Elisabeth Fiedler
ISBN 978-3-85160-192-3
€ 18,00 [A]
€ 17,50 [G]
Using litter and disposables, Albert Mayr alias Jonny Hawaii creates, in his installation-like work situations – a mix of “office, stage, garden, nature and garbage dump” (Albert Mayr) – interactive performance-sculptures, which he then uses as interfaces for his electronic and electroacoustic music. His Orchester – as an open system of performative possibilities – is a site for the interplay of different sculptures, installations and musicians. Mayr confronts his roots in dada with the idea of networking as a communication model for political activists and organizational structures.
The catalog was published on occasion of his exhibition Albert Mayr. The Jonny Hawaii Orchester at the Künstlerhaus Graz.
Albert Mayr works and lives in Vienna.