Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf

Neues Düsseldorfer Modell

Neues Düsseldorfer Modell (NDM) is a transmedia performance by Vincent Stange (composition, concept and realization), Patrick Arnold (composition) and Philipp Reimann (composition). NDM was presented on October 9, 2019 as part of the concert series Sonify, curated by Phillip Schulze for performance at the Carsten Nicolai exhibition. Parallax Symmetry runs from September 28, 2019 through January 1, 2020 at the K21 - Kunstsammlung NRW.

The work examines individual decision-making spaces, the influence of community and interaction with the audience. During the performance, the musicians of the German Armed Forces music training corps move based on blocked out stage markings while also playing 24 musical patterns. The players can choose any sequence or combination of these patterns. Each pattern expresses a rank in the German Army in sound.

Neues Düsseldorfer Modell (NDM) by Vincent Stange was a bachelor’s degree exam project for the Visual Music major at the Institute of Music and Media of the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. The project was supervised by Prof. Dr. Heike Sperling and Marcus Schmickler.