Hannes Kerschbaumer — schraffur

The centuries-old technique of hatching creates plasticity and spatiality by superimposing and arranging lines at certain degrees of density. If this principle is transferred to music, musical gestures arise from a differentiated arrangement of lines - exclusively from lines. The creation of movements by means of a discontinuous pitch is completely abandoned, replaced by continuous movement - the multiple superimposition of lines of various shapes produces sound gestures of an expressive physicality and haptic quality.

Lines also breathe.

The accordion, the sound centre in schraffur, is a breathing body. The opening and closing of the bellows allows for the simplest possible articulation, namely, the swelling and subsiding of the sound. Lines also breathe. When a line is drawn, the energy of the impact of pen on paper manifests itself, just as the musician makes the air vibrate by his physical exertion.

Hannes Kerschbaumer — schurf
The works of the "schurf"-series are based on a simple idea – exploring the sounds of a simple ascending or descending line. more