MUSIKVIDEOPROGAMM // Heavyweight Tango

Author: GRAF+ZYX Episodes: 7
Titled MUSIKVIDEOPROGAMM // Heavyweight Tango, this audio-visual series from the artist duo GRAF+ZYX exists at a compelling intersection of sound and curated imagery. Originally conceived as a music video program for the 2004 installation ":Geschlossen," the podcast extends that project's life, transforming it into a portable gallery for your ears and mind. Each episode functions as a distinct audiovisual composition, where the rhythmic, often heavy pulse of the music engages in a deliberate dance-a tango-with a stream of visual concepts. While you listen, you are invited to construct the accompanying imagery from the detailed sonic landscape, or perhaps recall the original installation's components. The result is a deeply immersive experience that challenges the passive consumption of media, asking the audience to participate in completing the work. This isn't a typical arts commentary show; it's an archival yet living piece of conceptual art in podcast form. GRAF+ZYX craft each session to be both a standalone auditory journey and a key to a larger visual narrative, making it essential for those interested in experimental sound, video art, and installations that blur the boundaries between sensory realms. The "Heavyweight Tango" is exactly that: a precise, powerful, and elegant interplay between weighty sonic elements and the graceful, suggestive movement of implied visuals.
Episodes
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Video: Concept, performance, design, graphics, artworks, environment, programming, camera, cut and production | (Photos 1887-2004, S-8 Film 1977-1985, Video 1980-2004) + Music: Nervöse Geigen 1974 | All selections writte…
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Duration: 4:00
Video: Concept, performance, design, graphics, artworks, environment, programming, camera, cut and production | (Photos 1887-2004, S-8 Film 1977-1985, Video 1980-2004) + Music: Sorrow and Sadness 1977 | All selections wr…
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Duration: 4:00
Video: Concept, performance, design, graphics, artworks, environment, programming, camera, cut and production | (Photos 1887-2004, S-8 Film 1977-1985, Video 1980-2004) + Music: O.T.1 1976 | All selections written, arrang…
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Video: Concept, performance, design, graphics, artworks, environment, programming, camera, cut and production | (Photos 1887-2004, S-8 Film 1977-1985, Video 1980-2004) + Music: Miniatur 2 1982 | All selections written, a…
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Video: Concept, performance, design, graphics, artworks, environment, programming, camera, cut and production | (Photos 1887-2004, S-8 Film 1977-1985, Video 1980-2004) + Music: Obsessive Vogue 1982 | All selections writt…
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Duration: 2:00
Video: Concept, performance, design, graphics, artworks, environment, programming, camera, cut and production | (Photos 1887-2004, S-8 Film 1977-1985, Video 1980-2004) + Music: I Look Out V.1.2 1982 | All selections writ…
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Video: Concept, performance, design, graphics, artworks, environment, programming, camera, cut and production | (Photos 1887-2004, S-8 Film 1977-1985, Video 1980-2004) + Music: Miniatur 1, Gespräche in Genf 1982 | All se…