For more than fifteen years Philipp Wachsmann and Sarah Brigitte Eckel have been working together intensively. The experience and sensitivity which they share culminates in performances called ‘OPEN WORKINGS’ when painting and music are extemporised in front of an audience.

The concert was prompted by an exhibition of the artist Sarah Brigitte Eckel (Berlin) celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Art Society of Oerlinghausen. Fascinated by the aura of the synagogue’s interior the artist created paintings and a floor installation: TIME OF THE SEVEN BLESSINGS (CHATUNA). Five ‘informal’ canvas paintings, and on the floor the bed of salt with seven ceramic plates with objects arranged in a sensuous – haptic way to create evocations.

Sponsorship by Dr.Margit Decot
Thanks to the Kunstverein Oerlinghausen


Design: David Eckel, Sarah Eckel
Photograph: David Eckel
Recorded on 11/12 October 1996

Bead CD03