The goal of the workshop is to create an artists’ choir over the period of one week – a challenging task, given that members of a choir are led by a conductor and this choir brings together a group of participants whose practices are based on the radical individualism often inherent in visual art. The Austrian performance artist and musician Klaus Karlbauer will work with the group for five days to develop a performance which might be presented at the end of the workshop.

Klaus Karlbauer is a composer and multi-media artist living and working in Vienna. He works with a range of different media, exploring intersections between music, cinema, performance and visual arts. In his performances, concerts and studio practi- ces he uses electronic music combined with analog instruments that he himself designs. He has presented his work at venues such as Kunsthalle Wien, Secession Wien and The Kitchen in New York. Klaus Karlbauer lectures at the TFM – Institute for Theatre, Film and Media Sciences/University of Vienna.