A series of concerts over several years along the banks of the river Große Mühl

2. - 8. July 2012

Station Neufelden / along the banks of the river Große Mühl

Conception and Composition: Michael Pisaro
Co-conception and Production: Joachim Eckl

With musicians from the composers group WANDELWEISER

Antoine Beuger, flute / Jürg Frey, clarinet / Marcus Kaiser, violoncello / Radu Malfatti, trombone / André O. Möller, guitar / Kathryn Pisaro, oboe

FLUSSAUFWAERTS is a long-term exploration of the sounding environments along the Grosse Mühl river in Oberösterreich, which started in 2011. It begins in Neufelden and works its way downstream to where the river joins the Danube. The locations are oriented around accessible spaces along the Grosse Mühl. The yearly movement is downstream, but the movement from location to location in each particular year is upstream. The entire installation will last one week in the Summer each year.

Each year six locations will be selected within walking distance from each other. At every station, we will set up a sheltered listening area with a pair of speakers. Over the course of the week, the areas will be open for any listeners and also for exploration by the invited performers.


The musicians involved are drawn from the Wandelweiser collective. Over time each will be involved as performer and composer.

The artists work with the support of Joachim Eckl (Heim-Art) and the Hotel Mühltalhof.
In the first year there will be compositions from Antoine Beuger and Radu Malfatti in addition to Michael Pisaro.

This project is tightly connected to the sounding environment and thus the collective perception of the people of the region. It is an opportunity to experience discrete, but perceptible change in our environment through the lens of the Grosse Mühl.

Website to the project here

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