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Title:  The Hidden City Artist:  Christopher Brus, Mapstation, Leif Elggren, Alva Noto, Paul BothŽn, Lars Carlsson, Peter Hansen, Joh Label:  Sub Rosa Format:  CD Price:  € 14.40   Mp3 samples:   1   2

Title Description:
The book "The Idden City, People and Places in Gothenburg" is an exploration of
the open and hidden perspectives of this north European harbour town by journalist and writer Magnus Haglund and photographer Stefan Schneider. Through 28 chapters and 40 colour photographs they investigate the cultural and political life of Gothenburg, from 1850, through the industrial period, to contemporary challenges and transformations. The book is published by GlŠnta Produktion, an independent book and magazine publisher, based in Gothenburg.

The cd "The Hidden City" consists of some 15 sound portraits from the city, by artists
that are featured in the book or have an interesting relationship with certain places or addresses in Gothenburg. Like Carsten Nicolai/Alva Noto who contributes with a remix/complete reconstruction of opus 1, Party, by the Gothenburg composer Rune Lindblad (1923-1991) who is interviewed in the book, in the chapter concerning the history of the Radium record label, run by Carl Michael von Hausswolff and Ulrich Hillebrand in the 1980s. The DJ/musician Christoffer Berg (here under the name Christoffer Brus), is doing a soundportrait of a small pond, photographed by Stefan Schneider in the book, and written about in a small passage as a possible place for the famous haiku by zen poet Basho ("The old pond/frog jums in/splash!"). Christina Kubisch, sound artist from Berlin, has made a recording of the old mechanical carillon
from the 18th century, in the belfry of the Christina church. Minimalist composer Peter Hansen is painting picture of the frozen winter landscape in the archipelago of Gothenburg in his chamber orchestra piece Winter Air. The record is a collage of the city, just like the book.

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