PRODUCTS


THE OVAL LANGUAGE, The group THE OVAL LANGUAGE produces performances since 1987. Around its core of Peter John and Frank Berendt the group is enlarged for the specific projects. The utilisation of Instruments, the form and the choice of location and its territorial determination depend upon the contents and the statement of every project. Main emphasis is given in the production of audio products that provide insight in the groups sound research and video productions that often uses the documentation recordings of performances and translate them into independent narrative structures. Projects in the area of performances depend extensively on corporal expression. The work in sound makes use of room installations as well as unconventional live concerts under conventionel conditions. Further occupations are going into painting and photography.

  1. 1987 - 1989     development of land art projects and conceptional artworks in specifc rooms, concerts in the Hochschule fuer Graphik und Buchkunst (applied artshool) Leipzig and production of several audio cassettes.

  2. nov. 1990    a live concert in a roominstallation in the Verein fuer Visuelle Kommunikation, Hannover.

  3. nov. 1991   roominstallation and two shows of the performance HIBERNATION in the Hochschule fuer Graphik und Buchkunst (applied artshool) Leipzig.
    1. trimedial installation and performance HIBERNATION in the Grassi - Museum, Leipzig.

  4. dec. 1991    construction of an Aktionsplastik (active sculpture) in front of the Voelkerschlachtdenkmal, Leipzig.

  5. febr. 1992    recordings in the Tomato - studio of Jorg Thomasius, Berlin.

  6. may 1992    participation at the artfstival Uebergriff with the performance INGERENZ in collaboration with the Butoh Ma dancer Tadashi Endo from Japan.

  7. june 1992    presentation of the interactive environment WARMUPWARMON at the Galerie Lang, Specks Hof, Leipzig.

  8. june 1993     presentation of the room sound installation CLEAR in the Statl. Lindenau Museum zu Altenburg

  9. febr. 1993     END LAGER Land Art Performance in the Brikettfabriek Zechau, Rositz

  10. july 1993    Concert with the group NORA from Berlin in the galery of the Lang Hansa Haus, Leipzig

  11. nov. 1993     AVE festival in Arnhem, Holland AUDIO VISUAL EXPERIMENTAL FESTIVAL O R G A N I C concert with video projection

  12. sept. 1994    VOM HABEN ZUM SEIN Performance with Tadashi Endo in the Denkmalschmiede Hoefgen

  13. april 1995   Collaboration in a concert with DAS SYNTHETISCHE MISCHGEWEBE at the AUX500DIABLES Festival in Bordeaux, France

  14. oct. 1995     EINGRIFF IN DIE ILLUSION DER BESTÄNDIGKEIT audioperformance on the Stadtfunk Radio Leipzig
    1. RÜCKKOPLUNGSSKULPTURE performance-concert in collaboration with DAS SYNTHETISCHE MISCHGEWEBE in the Ostbad, Leipzig
    2. one hour long portrait and interview on Radio Energy

  15. oct. 1996     first CD Production

  16. nov. 1996     concert at VPRO, Amsterdam in collaboration with DAS SYNTHETISCHE MISCHGEWEBE
    1. concert at Radio 100, Amsterdam in in collaboration with DAS SYNTHETISCHE MISCHGEWEBE, HYWARE, ERG, NOMEX
    2. NOT EXACTLY NOISE festival in Nijmegen, Holland in collaboration with DAS SYNTHETISCHE MISCHGEWEBE and the participation of HYWARE, ERG, NOMEX