Sound Meets Image: When Hearing and Seeing Work Together

MusikKunst—this project combining the subjects of art and music, featuring a presentation by classes 10b and 10a under the direction of Ines Vielhaben, focused on a contemporary interplay of hearing and seeing. Whether from television, music videos, the theater, or rock concerts, we are actually accustomed to this dialogue in our everyday lives. A look at the history of music and art also shows that there have always been points of intersection between art and music, and that many terms—such as “color-sound” or “timbre,” harmony, composition, and rhythm—are used in both subjects. Nevertheless, the two disciplines are taught in school as completely separate subjects. Students observed and listened to what happens when one influences how and through what means these two artistic fields engage in a fruitful dialogue. The presentation, which included music videos, sound collages, and various other visual and auditory elements, took place partly in the presence of the American exchange students. Experiences that are actually familiar—because they are part of everyday life—were brought to the forefront and analyzed. A new perspective on things.