piece for drumset and powerpoint

Max Smirzitz [Österreich]
Concert performance

Every syllable a beat, every beat a syllable. Following this principle, the text of “piece for drumset and powerpoint” is written in front of the audience's eyes. Sometimes tumultuous and wild, then again calm, cautious, almost stumbling about, and then rebounding, the drumset and Powerpoint enter into a dialog.

The audience is right in between - having to decide whether to follow the text or the rhythm. It is impossible to do both at the same time. The writing rumbles, the drums contemplate. Or is it the other way around? Who is telling the better story?

»piece for drumset and powerpoint« is a concert, text, stand-up comedy, lecture, party and lectures in rapid trains of thought about hawks, favorite songs and punch lines, constantly searching for the right words to express this particular feeling only a truly good song can evoke.