(Innere Stimme) [(Inner Voice)] is the title of a notation used as an instruction for a performance. In Robert Schumann's piano piece Humoreske op. 20, in addition to the two notations for the hands one page of the score also gives a third notation that is not to be played.
Schumann referred to this as an "Inner Voice". For the performer this voice is present, while it remains unknown to the audience, who are unfamiliar with the score. The notation (Innere Stimme) was created by covering the notes for the piano on the page of Schumann's score.
The performance consists of people from Liechtenstein and the surrounding region performing the melody of the "Inner Voice" without interruption for several hours, free to vary and improvise both their singing, movements and behaviour.
Performers: Edith Baur, Tom Büchel, Simon Egger, Luis Friedemann, Celina Gasté, Richard Gasté, Luna Maluna Gri, Beat Gugger, Nóra Höfle, Axel Jablonski, Anna von Loesch, Sylke Muzyk, Judith Näscher, Karin Pfister Marxer, Nicola Rauter, Hannah Wirnsperger and others.
The performance can be attended at any time during its 12-hour duration. Admission is free of charge.
Courtesy Olaf Nicolai and Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin
Olaf Nicolai (*1962 in Halle (Saale), Germany) studied Literary Studies and Linguistics in Leipzig and completed his PhD on the poetry of the Wiener Gruppe. Based in Berlin, the artist develops interdisciplinary projects in a range of media. Nicolai participated in documenta 10 (1997) and the Venice Biennale (2001 and 2005), among others.
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Olaf Nicolai, detail of the notation for the performance (Innere Stimme), 2010
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