unsought goods
solo exhibition at Splace in Linz/AT, 2020
Unsought goods are goods for which there is little interest, as consumers either do not know about their existence or find them annoying and therefore reject them emotionally. In this sense, Sebastian Six examines our consumption-oriented society, using sound, sculpture and video to transform the exhibition space into an absurd shopping world.
The exhibition consisted of the works:
The Customers / 4-channel sound installation, 2020
Growth / graph sculpture, 2020
L Love myself / photograph, 2020
Screens 1–3 (Flag of Advertising) / 3 HD video loops, 2020
MY Products / product photographs in poster frames, 2020
Stock Office / mixed media assemblage, 2020
Shelf-ready packaging / HD video, 2020
L Love myself
performance, photograph, 2020
Digital printing on Forex, A3-sign, wooden stick
Documentation of a performance in public space. In the process, the artist plays with the letters of a local store and his own nickname.
iScream
sound object, diy instrument, 2020
mixed media, icecream-box, electronics
Another circuit bending project. This beauty was build during the Covid 19 lock down in March 2020. Tow toy piano chips are randomly combined there is a build in speaker and a out put jack.
Used as instrument in performances and releases:
Shelf-ready packaging
HD video, 2020
16min, loop, ASMR packaging Sounds
Recordings of a digital „shelf configurator“ were combined with sound recordings of various ASMR packaging videos and projected onto packaging material in the exhibition space.
Firedrake (Radio Edit)
as part of FAXEN
radio-piece, 2020
06:15 min, stereo
Based on a multi-media installation, Firedrake (radio edit) examines attempts of the Chinese government to censor foreign short wave radio stations (also called jamming) and methods to avoid these interferences by manipulating radios. By constantly playing an one hour long piece of Chinese folk music entitled
“Firedrake“, radio stations such as Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and BBC World Service are muted by the Chinese authorities. In order to bypass Chinese jamming DIY adaptations of radios, so called anti-jamming antennas are used. The multiple materials needed for these antennas are the starting point for an acoustic improvisation that can be heard in this piece. In addition, excerpts from an interview on jamming activities of the Chinese government, recordings from shortwave radio stations and the original Chinese Firedrake broadcast are part of this composition.
Field Notes – PE CL NO IT
Album Release, 2020
digital file
The recordings were made in 2018 and 2019 during various artist residencies in which I participated. They are pure field recordings without any major editing, just a little bit of mixing.
May 2018, Palliano, Italy
August 2018, Kristiansand, Norway
February 2019, Cusco, Peru
May 2019, Curacautin, Chile
More here:
https://sonospace.bandcamp.com
https://www.sonospace.org
Prospektion (OÖLA)
in collaboration with Laurien Bachmann
HD Video (loop), 2019
single channel HD video, 16:9, 12:35 min
Commissioned by the OK Linz for the exhibition Wunderkammer Oberösterreich – „El Dorado ob der Enns“, the two artists Laurien Bachmann and Sebastian Six embark on an unusual audiovisual search for gold in the Upper Austrian Provincial Archive. The archives they find there under this term are digitized and linked to a spoken text level. Two computer voices read out the terms from „Goldwörth“ to „Goldwasch-WM“ and thus support the visual level of the two gold prospectors.
Deutsch:
Für die Videoarbeit „Prospektion (OÖLA) begeben sich die beiden KünstlerInnen Laurien Bachmann und Sebastian Six auf eine ungewöhnliche Goldsuche ins oberösterreichische Landesarchiv. Die Archivalien die sie dort unter dem Schlagwort „Gold“ fanden, wurden digitalisiert und mit den dazugehörigen Beschreibung akustisch verknüpft. Zwei Computerstimmen lesen die dargestellten Begriffe von „Goldwörth“ bis „Goldwasch-WM“ und öffnen die bildliche Ebene des Materials. So werden Assoziationsketten zwischen den verschiedenen historischen Archivalien zu einem absurden Goldrausch verknüpft.
Exhibitions:
El Dorado ob der Enns, Wunderkammer Oberösterreich | Offenes Kulturhaus Linz (AT) | 2019
Oh Condor
in collaboration with Laurien Bachmann
sound-performance, 2019
record-players, growing record collection
The acoustic basis of the sound performance by Sebastian Six and Laurien Bachmann is the world-famous song „el condor pasa“. Originally based on a Peruvian folk song called „Soy la paloma que el nido perdió“ from the 18th century, it has been revised and covered many times since then and has become an acoustic „cliché“ of South America over the years. Bachmann and Six now try to experimentally explore this media shift and partly also colonial appropriation of the original folk song through their performance and to acoustically emphasize and analogously alienate reference points of the song. A growing collection of recordings of the same song is played on several turntables during the performance. Using various audio effects, excerpts from the song are combined into an infinite drone. The condor flies forever.
Deutsch:
Akustische Grundlage der Sound Performance von Sebastian Six und Laurien Bachmann bildet das weltweit bekannte Lied „el condor pasa“. Ursprünglich auf einem peruanischen Volkslied unter dem Titel „Soy la paloma que el nido perdió“ aus dem 18. Jahrhundert basierend, wurde dieses seither viele Male überarbeitet und gecovert und so über die Jahre zu einem akustischen „Klischee“ Südamerikas. Diese mediale Verschiebung und teils auch koloniale Aneignung des ursprünglichen Volksliedes versuchen Bachmann und Six nun durch ihre Performance experimentell zu erforschen und Referenzpunkte des Liedes akustisch hervorzuheben und analog zu verfremden. Eine wachsende Sammlung von Aufnahmen desselben Songs wird während der Aufführung auf mehreren Plattenspielern gespielt. Durch verschiedene Audioeffekte werden Ausschnitte aus dem Song zu einem unendlichen Drone zusammengefügt. Der Kondor fliegt für immer.
Exhibitions/Performance
- Continental Drift | Salzamt, Linz/AT | 9.10. – 25.10.2019
- opening performance – sense of motion | eboran Galerie, Salzburg/AT | 22.7.2020
Continental Drift
in collaboration with Laurien Bachmann at Salzamt, Linz/AT | 9.10. – 25.10.2019
artist organised group exhibition, 2019
sound-installation, video, photo, collage, performances
The exhibition „Continental Drift“ focuses on the geodynamic movements of the supposedly rigid earth, the fixed notions of the borders based on them, and their cultural and historical effects. The South American continent, its variable landscapes and its in- habitants is a particular anchor point. The participating international artists explore spaces acoustically, cinematically, photographically and linguistically, and thus explore the mentioned aspects
Participating Artists:
Constanza Alarcòn Tennen, Tiziana Panizza, Cordula Daus, Alexander Glandien, Sebastian Six, Laurien Bachmann
Deutsch:
In der Ausstellung „Continental Drift“ werden geodynamische Bewegungen der vermeintlich starren Erde, die darauf basierenden fixierten Vorstellungen von Grenzen sowie deren kulturell historische Auswirkungen thematisiert. Ankerpunkt hierbei bildet insbesondere der Südamerikanische Kontinent, dessen wandelbare Landschaften und seine BewohnerInnen. Die teilnehmenden internationalen KünstlerInnen loten akustisch, filmisch, fotografisch und sprachlich Räume aus und erforschen so die erwähnten Aspekte.
Persistent Disturbance
in collaboration with Laurien Bachmann
Video-performance, 2019
HD video, 7m55s
The video performance „Persistent Disturbance“ visualizes the three-month travel route through South America absurdly. A short sound performance was created at each point where the two artists paused. The performer runs tirelessly with a horn honking through the different landscapes of the Andes. Through this experience not only the different places are shown, but simultaneously an acoustic scanning of the respective places is created.
[su_accordion][su_spoiler title=“Deutsch“ open=“no“ style=“default“ icon=“plus“ anchor=““ class=““]Die Video-Performance »Persistent Disturbance« visualisiert die dreimonatige Reiseroute durch Südamerika auf absurde Weise. An jeder Stelle, an der die beiden KünstlerInnen innehielten, entstand eine kurze Klang- performance. Der Performer rennt unermüdlich mit einem Horn hupend durch die verschiedenen Land- schaften der Anden. Durch diese Erfahrung werden nicht nur die verschiedenen Orte gezeigt, sondern es entsteht gleichzeitig eine akustische Abtastung der jeweiligen Orte. [/su_spoiler][/su_accordion]
Exhibitions/Screenings