Alpensinfonie
Elements of Richard Strauss’ symphonic poem Eine Alpensinfonie, op. 64, released in 1915, are referred to by abstract paintings of pure aesthetics of music, in combination with associative cues and free allusions to history, nature, and modern life. According to the partition of the symphonic poem with appropriate titles, the cycle of art objects includes 22 frames sized 26.8 x 26.8 cm. Each frame combines a small painting, an alienated photo, and various objects which refer to the particular motto of each musical section.
1. Nacht : night
Moskvoretskaya Embankment
quill, paper
2. Sonnenaufgang : sunrise
Historic bulb in Greenfield Village
flacons with fragrance
3. Der Anstieg : the ascent
Escalator in Kraków
oak, vessel
4. Eintritt in den Wald : entry into the forest
Vaccination center in Köln
bark eroded by bark-beetles
5. Wanderung neben dem Bache : wandering by the brook
Archimedes' screws in Hannoversch Münden
driftwood
6. Am Wasserfall : at the waterfall
Pump station in Sipplingen
toothbrush, soap, sponge
7. Erscheinung : apparition
Horns in Schloss Moritzburg
mushrooms
8. Auf blumigen Wiesen : on flowering meadows
Concert audience in Köln
rose petals, cord
9. Auf der Alm : on the alp
Alp farm near Oberstdorf
milk packings, composition leather advert cow
10. Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen : meandering through thickets and undergrowth
Closed steel mill in Duisburg
thickets
11. Auf dem Gletscher : on the glacier
Brown coal mining in Hambach (still active)
ice cube tray
12. Gefahrvolle Augenblicke : dangerous moments
First aid room Fort Schoenenbourg
blister packages
13. Auf dem Gipfel : on the summit
Nebelhorn summit
cinder, scrap metal
14. Vision : vision
Foyer at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Souvenir of old television tower Stuttgart, netting for packaging
15. Nebel steigen auf : mists rise
Skyline Frankfurt
feather boa
16. Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich : the sun gradually becomes obscured
Historic bedroom of a colonial style house in Yokohama
Orchid blossoms, headless butterfly (red admiral)
17. Elegie : elegy
Allgäu chapel and landscape
madonna in a cartridge (WWI), refugee badge of my mother, POW badge of my father (WWII)
18. Stille vor dem Sturm : calm before the storm
Cleaning work in Klespe
compasses, musical mechanism with the theme of the Internationale, felt
19. Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg : thunderstorm and tempest, descent
Westwall bunker (WWII) near Böllenborn
oak, naval force register with red crosses marking sunken ships (WWI)
20. Sonnenuntergang : sunset
Street light in Maastricht
Jaybird feather, strange object from egypt
21. Ausklang : quiet settles / epilogue
Conference party in Saint Petersburg
corks, toothpicks, crown caps
22. Nacht : night
Bird's eye view of Tokyo
remains of acrylic paint, brush
Acrylic on canvas, photoprints, objects - 26.8 x 26.8 x 5 cm
Michael Haverkamp 2021/22