Event series »Feed the River«
Project from Sept 02. till Sept 08. 2024
What if we assumed that rivers are living beings and, like all living beings, need to be nourished?
With the concert series “feed the river,” we approached Chemnitz with a week of music and attention in September 2024. During the driest time of the year, when the rivers in our region reach their lowest levels, we wanted to give the river in our city an infusion of attention by organizing small site-specific concerts and musical interactions on its banks.
Our music program was accompanied by a radio documentary, a guided tour of the flora and fauna, a film screening, a workshop, and a lecture by the Chemnitz Historical Society, which provided further insights into music and environmental education. Feed the River is an attempt to emphatically perceive what surrounds us and to stimulate a sensory engagement with the climate crisis through sound art and improvisation. It is about experiencing the connection between human existence and flowing water in a fluid medium, music, and exploring together how we can stay in flow with the world.
A video about the series is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxSg_BBQN38
Funding
Funded by:
- Musikfonds e.V.
- Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
- Kulturstiftung des Freistaats Sachsen
- Diese Maßnahme wird mitfinanziert durch Steuermittel auf der Grundlage des vom sächsischen Landtag beschlossenen Haushaltes.
