Fremdarbeit (Outsourcing)  (2009)

for Ensemble, Sampler and Moderator

(Flute or Clarinet, Cello, Keyboard, Percussion and Speaker)

Duration: ca 23'

Premiere: 7.11.2009, Berlin, Klangwerkstatt, Ensemble Mosaik / Künstlerhaus Bethanien

further performances:

30.1.2021 Luzern, Musikhochschule
8.11.2020 Berlin, Klangwerkstatt, Ensemble Mosaik
12.10.2020 Basel, Antrittskonzert, Studierende der Hochschule für Musik
29.9.2020 Strasbourg, Musica Festival, Ensemble Mosaik
15.11.2019 Freiburg, Ensemble Aventure
9.11.2019 Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Ensemble Aventure
26.10.2019 ZeitGenuss Karlsruhe, Ensemble Mosaik
3.2.2019 University of California Davis, Empyriean Ensemble
26.4.2017 Zagreb Biennale, Oslo Sinfonietta
6.4.2017 Darmstädter Frühjahrstagung für Neue Musik, Ensemble Mosaik
18.3.2017 Cracow, Spóldzielnia Muzycznao
29.9.2016 Kammerakademie Potsdam
20.8.2016 Liquid Architecture Melbourne
19./20.5.2016 Musikhochschule Stuttgart, Nadar Ensemble
11.12.2015 Damfzentrale Bern
27.11.2015 Elektronisches Studio der Musikhochschule Warschau
27.5.2014 London Contemporary Music Festival
5.5.2014 Sounds New! Festival Canterbury, London Sinfonietta
17.10.2013 Bowling Green, Ensemble Dal Niente
15.10.2013 Chicago, Ensemble Dal Niente
6.2013 Adevantgarde, Decoder Ensemble / München
15.9.2014 Ultima Festival Oslo (Teil von "Audioguide"), NEoN Ensemble
4.8.2014 Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik (Teil von "Audioguide"), NEoN Ensemble
17.5.2013 Nishny Novgorod / Russland, Ensemble Mosaik
22.1.2013 Ultraschall Berlin, Ensemble Mosaik
31.10.2012 ISCM World New Music Days, Nadar Ensemble / Gent, Belgien
9.9.2012 ICMC International Computer Music Conference, Ljubljana, Slowenien
10.5.2012 Spor Festival Arhus,Ensemble Scenatet / Arhus, Dänemark
2.12.2011 Rainy Days Luxemburg, Ensemble Lucilin / Luxemburg
20.10.2011 De Singel, Ensemble Nadar / Antwerpen, Belgien
9.9.2010 Ultima Festival, Ensemble Mosaik / Oslo, Norwegen

Documentary (german with english subtitles):

Recording of the piece:

Recording of the performance in Melbourne 2016:

Recording of the performance in Luzern 2021:

Commissioned by Festival Klangwerkstatt Berlin.

Fremdarbeit is released on the portrait CD "Musik mit Musik" of the Edition Zeitgenössische Musik by Deutscher Musikrat as a production with Ensemble Mosaik.

In 2009, I received a commission from Klangwerkstatt Berlin for a new piece for Ensemble Mosaik. Then, I searched on the Internet for composers in China who offer their skills. I found X. Xiang, whom I gave recent compositions of mine; he should write a style imitation of my music for Ensemble Mosaik. Furthermore, I looked for a cheap programmer in India and found R. Murraybay. I gave him the same pieces that I gave Xiang; Murraybay was asked to write a software that is algorithmically imitating my music. A third task was: Xiang should use Murraybay’s Software… The music I received from Asia actually sounds like my music, but is also different. One point of this concept is the question of authorship: Who actually composed this music? A second is exploitation. Like industry does, I switched production into cheap countries. I received 1500€ for my commission, whereas for my workers in Asia who wrote the score I only had to pay 150$.

Trailer:

Performance at Volksbühne Berlin with Ensemble Mosaik at Ultraschall Berlin 2013.

Texts etc. on the piece

"Mikrotopien. Vierzehn Arten, Johannes Kreidlers 'Fremdarbeit' zu beschreiben" von Gordon Kampe, MusikTexte 151

Gespräch mit Carolin Naujocks über das Werk, Positionen 93