Live visuals
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
60 min (live concert)
Projection on translucent mesh
Dix meets Bix — Resampling Otto Dix's “Großstadt” (1928) into an audiovisual performance blending jazz and media art.
“Dix meets Bix” is a reinterpretation of Otto Dix's (1891-1969) wonderful masterpiece that captures the dynamism of the Roaring Twenties and brings it into the present. The iconic triptych vividly depicts the contrasts of the era, from the opulence of the Weimar Republic's jazz-fueled bourgeoisie to the marginalized groups of wounded war veterans and prostitutes.
Sculpting and texturing: Rebecca Zahor
Animation: Samuel Lewek
Touchdesigner setup: Rebecca Zahor
Animation support: Leon Monschauer, Tatjana Theuer and Chantale Eglin
Making of trailer: Chantale Eglin
Composition and musical direction: Nicolas Buvat
Musicians: Nicolas Buvat (double bass), Samuel Restle (trombone), Elias Kiefer (piano) and Felix Eckenfelder (percussion)
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart: Christian Bornefeld
BIX Jazzclub: David Wilcke
Thanks to Mini Schulz, Arndt Wirth, Holger Fleck, Bernd-Siegfried Michalek, Aline Müller, Michael Müller, as well as the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, and BIX Jazzclub for making this project possible!
This project was supported by the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart & the BIX Jazzclub.