Musicographics
The debate about the relationship between music and architecture has a long and colourful history. Music, architecture and the visual arts speak a common ‘language’ in the use of patterns, textures, hierarchy, unity, contrast, rhythm, repetition, balance and space. They also share basic mathematical principles and graphical representations. Since its inception in 2018, the Musicographics project has promoted experiments with alternative variations on the graphic language for writing music. Among the compositions that have emerged from this project, which brings together visual artists and musicians, was a composition based on the design of the POST Rotterdam building, which was performed during Rotterdam Architecture Month earlier this year.
More background information on the concept of the ‘Musicography of Architecture’ can be found in Murat Ali Cengiz’s article that appeared in the Flemish magazine FORUM+ or on the project’s website.
Musicographics at Neuhaus
For the Neuhaus performance, the HNI building forms the starting point for an improvisation by an international ensemble:
- Murat Ali Cengiz - Compositions
- Erdoğan Cem Evin – Guitar
- Johannes Fend – Double Bass
- Roberto Pistolesi – Drums
- George Dumitriu – Viola
- Cisem Özkurt - Violin
- t.b.a - Vocals
Murat Ali Cengiz
Murat Ali Cengiz is a freelance architect, composer and jazz musician. He performed together with the architects and musicians of his multi-disciplinary collective Automata at the fourth Istanbul Design Biennial in 2018. He is currently working on cross-disciplinary audio-visual projects, including his own Musicographics.
