All along the Cold War, East Germany maintained diplomatic relations with North Korea, while West Germany did with South Korea. Therefore a number of political and cultural parallels among the DDR and North Korea can be made.
For this piece Zabo has collected audio samples from the DDR and the DPRK, including field recordings from the loud speakers wars over the Berlin Wall and the DMZ, Radar sounds, morse voice generators and music of propaganda. She performs while resting on the prepared keyboard, the weight of her elbows randomly trigger the samples while she is in a state of total inertia.

All
throughout the Cold War, East Germany maintained
diplomatic relations with North Korea and West Germany
with South Korea. We can therefore establish a certain number of
political and cultural parallels between the GDR and North Korea.
For this piece, I prepared my keyboard of audio extracts from the GDR and
the DPRK, including recordings of loudspeaker battles
above the Berlin Wall and the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas, sounds of radars, Morse voice generators and propaganda music. When performing, I play in a semi-dormant manner on my keyboard where the weight of my elbows triggers sounds randomly while I am in a state of inertia.

Throughout the Cold War, East Germany maintained diplomatic relations with North Korea, while West Germany engaged with South Korea. As a result, we can draw several political and cultural parallels between the GDR and North Korea.
For this composition, I've incorporated audio extracts from both the GDR and the DPRK. This includes recordings of loudspeaker battles above the Berlin Wall and the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas, as well as sounds of radars, Morse voice generators, and propaganda music. During the performance, I play the keyboard in a semi-dormant state, where the weight of my elbows randomly triggers sounds, creating a unique auditory experience while I am in a state of inertia.





               
 
Performance in the exhibition UTOPIA PEACE?!
a story of war and peace by Korean and international artists.
Kunstraum Potsdam. 2023




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