DEAF MUSIC
DIE TÖDLICHE DORIS
IN
SIGNS AND GESTURES
This DVD & BOOK production © EDITION KRÖTHENHAYN 2006
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D I E T Ö D L I C H E D O R I S
SOUNDLESS MUSIC
In November 1998, Wolfgang Müller, founder of DIE TÖDLICHE DORIS, decided to re-release the band's sought-after and long unavailable first vinyl LP.
However , not as sound, but as a gesture: Sign language interpriters Dina Tabbert and Andrea Schulz translated and rehaped the lyrics and music of " " using nothing but signs and gestures.
The result of this transmutation is a ' soundless ' music, expressed entirely within and through the body, gestures, movements, interaction and facial expressions.
Many hearing-impaired people - and an equal amount of those who could hear just fine - made their way to the Prater der Berliner Volksbühne to witness this process as part of a series of events called ' Gehörlose Musik ' (music for the deaf or 'soundless music'), initiated by "Freunde guter Musik" (friends of good music).
And the result is no dance, no performance, no music - it constitutes a new form of art defying conventional definition.
Now this DVD brings the music of this legendary, long unavailable LP " " from 1981 back to life - in the guise of gestures, signs, interaction and movement.
Besides its main feature, this hand-numbered DVD ([60min,all regions,NTSC] available in a limited edition of 1000) also contains an interview with Wolfgang Müller of "Die Tödliche Doris" as well as a 48-page book with writing and photographs.
SOUNDLESS MUSIC
In November 1998, Wolfgang Müller, founder of DIE TÖDLICHE DORIS, decided to re-release the band's sought-after and long unavailable first vinyl LP.
However , not as sound, but as a gesture: Sign language interpriters Dina Tabbert and Andrea Schulz translated and rehaped the lyrics and music of " " using nothing but signs and gestures.
The result of this transmutation is a ' soundless ' music, expressed entirely within and through the body, gestures, movements, interaction and facial expressions.
Many hearing-impaired people - and an equal amount of those who could hear just fine - made their way to the Prater der Berliner Volksbühne to witness this process as part of a series of events called ' Gehörlose Musik ' (music for the deaf or 'soundless music'), initiated by "Freunde guter Musik" (friends of good music).
And the result is no dance, no performance, no music - it constitutes a new form of art defying conventional definition.
Now this DVD brings the music of this legendary, long unavailable LP " " from 1981 back to life - in the guise of gestures, signs, interaction and movement.
Besides its main feature, this hand-numbered DVD ([60min,all regions,NTSC] available in a limited edition of 1000) also contains an interview with Wolfgang Müller of "Die Tödliche Doris" as well as a 48-page book with writing and photographs.