{"id":47530,"date":"2020-05-25T14:06:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T13:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/?p=47530"},"modified":"2021-10-21T13:56:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T12:56:42","slug":"y-59545476n-10444603o-2lp-alexander-rishaug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/?p=47530","title":{"rendered":"Y (59\u00b054\u201954,76\u201dN 10\u00b044\u201946,03\u201d\u00d8) (2LP). Alexander Rishaug. osloBIENNALEN FIRST EDITION 2019-2024; Motto Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nCo-published by osloBIENNALEN, Agency for Cultural Affairs, City of Oslo and Motto Books.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

The H-block, or H\u00f8yblokka as it is called in Norwegian, was the Government Quarter\u2019s main building. The was building was completed in 1958. Architect Erling Viksj\u00f8 was inspired by the French modernist Le Corbusier, and set out to create an elegant, monumental but sober functionalism.<\/p>\n

On 22 July 2011 at 15:25:22 (CEST), a car bomb was detonated outside H-block. The car, a Volkswagen Crafter, was parked just outside the main entrance. The bomb killed eight people and injured a further two hundred. It also left a deep crater in the ground and caused major damage to the building, which nevertheless remained standing.<\/p>\n

The terrorist then travelled to Ut\u00f8ya island outside Oslo, where the Labour Party Youth Wing, AUF \u2013 Arbeiderpartiets Ungdomsforening, held its annual summer camp. Disguised as a policeman, he killed sixty-nine innocent young people and injured another sixty-six before he was stopped by the police Delta Force Group seventy minutes later.<\/p>\n

During two nights in October 2017, sound artist Alexander Rishaug was granted permission by Statsbygg (Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property) to enter H\u00f8yblokka and record the sound of the vacant building. All the interior, furniture and equipment had been removed, leaving the building completely empty and abandoned, like a ghost in the middle of Oslo city centre.<\/p>\n

Equipped with a directional microphone, two DPAs, and a set of contact mics, Rishaug began to explore and monitor the building\u2019s acoustics, vibrations and resonance. Y (59\u00b054\u201954,76\u201dN 10\u00b044\u201946,03\u201d\u00d8) is a sonic portrait of the Government Quarter, an investigation of H\u00f8yblokka\u2019s psychoacoustic state, at a point in time between past and future, before it is renovated, refurbished, and put to new uses as a political and administrative centre. In the title of this soundscape, the Y represents the Y-block and the coordinates (59\u00b054\u201954,76\u201dN 10\u00b044\u201946,03\u201d\u00d8) locate the H-block and the Government Quarter\u2028.<\/p>\n

The album and art project is part of\u2028 and co-produced by osloBIENNALEN, FIRST EDITION 2019 \u2013 2024, curated by Eva Gonz\u00e1lez-Sancho Bodero and \u2028Per Gunnar Eeg-Tverbakk. osloBIENNALEN is initiated and financed by the City of Oslo, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Norway.<\/p>\n

The project could not have been realized without the funding and courage from URO \/ KORO and Bo Krister Wallstr\u00f6m.<\/p>\n

Recorded inside H\u00f8yblokka, Oslo:
\n29 October 2017, 05:38PM\u201311:45AM
\n30 October 2017, 03:30PM\u201306:47AM<\/p>\n

Recording assistant<\/em>: Ilay Bachke
\nMixed and edited<\/em> by Alexander Rishaug at SinZen Studio, Oslo, 2018 \u2013 2019
\nMastered by<\/em> Helge Sten \u2028at Audio Virus Lab, Oslo
\nMastercut by<\/em> Helmut Erler at\u2028 Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin
\nDesign by<\/em> Blank Blank \/ Petri Henriksson and Sandra Stokka
\nPhotos by<\/em> Arne B. Langleite and Alexander Rishaug, October 2017
\nCover photo by<\/em> Teigens Fotoatelier circa 1960, Dextra Photo\/NorskTeknisk Museum.
\nBackside photo by<\/em> Arne B. Langleite
\n\u2028Copy Editing by<\/em> Martin Berner Mathiesen
\nBooklet printed by<\/em> Livonia Print Ltd.
\nVinyl pressing by<\/em> Optimal Media
\nVinyl manufacturing by<\/em> handle with care<\/p>\n

The dialogue with Statsbygg regarding the recording sessions in H\u00f8yblokka were coordinated by Charlotte Hagelund and Jan Christensen.<\/p>\n

Thanks to 22. juli-senteret for their trust and support and for granting permission to record during closing hours.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Ebba Moi for endless love and support, Per Henrik Svalastog for critical feedback, Statsbygg for granting permission, DSS \u2013 Departementenes sikkerhets- og serviceorganisasjon for guiding us safely around the building.<\/p>\n

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