Composing is an attempt to revive the silence and the noise in me, to trust their colours and sounds, without subjecting them to a corset, and to become aware of them in a caring, multifaceted manner. Composition itself is a careful monitoring of this slow perception and describes a hearing process.

Sources of inspiration were the sound of the word “Mandragora” and the myth of this plant, screaming uprooted from the earth.

The piece” is part of the cycle “Ins Innere des Bildes” according to paintings by the artist Elisabeth Holzer and reflects another composition “…aus Finsternissen
losgelöst” for piano trio (equally part of the cycle).

Ensemble work and trio originated together with the paintings: Their music follows the process of painting, is inspired by gestures, colour and form of the visual impressions just absorbed, paints further and repaints. The music however is never supposed to only accompany the painting nor offers a general interpretation. For music reinvents the seen and spins it further on. Vice versa the painter ties in with the music just heard and transforms it anew. It seems as if music and picture are educing one another thus being originated closely connected. Artistic creation is performed and made traceable by music. It is a celebration of mutual crossing… lingering, concealing, exaggerating, getting lost…

The paintress/ the composer, takes something discovered by herself/ himself, narrating it, each medium in its own way. Music and picture are giving continuously new answers. Slowly perception transforms and deepens. New aspects emerge…

The cycle is attempting to approach art in a composed/painted very slow-moving different – natured manner. Not till then the contents unlock and change increasingly. Contacting can be tender, violent, agreeing or refusing, ignoring…

Music and picture are like two individuals that meet each other reacting (perhaps not reacting) to one another in a kind of free dance.