We cordially invite you, your family and friends to the opening of the exhibition The Emergence of Sound on Saturday, 23 May 2025, at 6pm!
6pm: Welcome
Rebekka Seubert, Director Ludwig Forum Aachen
Ulla Griepentrog, Mayor City of Aachen
Dr. Carla Cugini, Chief Executive Officer, Peter und Irene Ludwig Stiftung
Miriam Schmidt, Curator of the exhibition
7:30pm: Performance Emergency Solos (1975/2026), duration: ca. 30 min
For the opening, performer and flautist Francesco Marzano is restaging an expanded version of Christina Kubisch’s sound performance series Emergency Solos (1975/2026). Emergency Solos is among Christina Kubisch’s earliest performance series. In numerous sequences, which varied with each performance, the artist plays the flute, carefully using a selection of everyday objects such as thimbles, mittens, a plastic sausage, a gas mask, and condoms. The classical concert environment in which the performance takes place is subverted by its unconventional and provocative approach.
Francesco Marzano (b. 1992 in Bari, Italien) studied music and literature in Milan (Italy) and flute, music pedagogy, contemporary music, and performance art in Cologne and Essen. In addition to his own projects, he has worked with artists such as Marina Abramović, Christina Kubisch, Salvatore Sciarrino and Doris Uhlich.
Francesco Marzano (b. 1992 in Bari, Italien) studied music and literature in Milan (Italy) and flute, music pedagogy, contemporary music, and performance art in Cologne and Essen. In addition to his own projects, he has worked with artists such as Marina Abramović, Christina Kubisch, Salvatore Sciarrino and Doris Uhlich.
Credit: Christina Kubisch, Water Face, Performance Neue Galerie – Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, 1979. Foto: Archiv Christina Kubisch.