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Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere – Steve Roden has blogged to say Julius has passed away.

http://inbetweennoise.blogspot.com/2011 ... music.html

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Small Music Mix (for Rolf Julius)
A special broadcast in memory of Rolf Julius.

Thursday 27.01.2011, 2-3am Berlin time (Wednesday to Thursday Night)
Reboot FM Radio Berlin 88,4 or live stream via http://www.reboot.fm

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Rolf Julius, born January 25, 1939 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, was a German sound and visual artist. He died January 21, 2011 in Berlin.
His installations and sound pieces focus on what he calls "small music", often involvings arrays of small speakers playing quiet sounds such as insects.

In 1980 Rolf Julius’ pioneering work “Dike Line” was presented at the “Fϋr Augen Und Ohren” exhibition alongside work by John Cage, Nam June Paik, Bill Fontana, Milan Knizak, Harry Bertoia, and David Tudor. Since then Julius has created some of the most meaningful and moving works in the grey area between music and art, between sound and silence, slowly emerging as one of the most important and influential sound artists of our time. Whether using photographs, ink drawings, audio compositions, or subtle and sometimes almost hidden outdoor installations, Rolf Julius’ works serve as catalyst, increasing our awareness of the great beauty of the world that surrounds us.

“Julius draws our attention, that is both our visual and aural attention, towards minimal things and events that we normally ignore or show only a passing interest in: dirt piled up in a corner, the surface of a pond at the point of freezing, blades of grass... But as we move towards that place, that thing, faintly irradiating sounds slowly become clearer until suddenly everything there has taken on a new importance, and even a sense of mystery.” (Carlo Fossati, E/Static)

Sad news. Another important musician that disappear !

WCrap wrote:Small Music Mix (for Rolf Julius)
A special radio broadcast in memory of Rolf Julius.

listen/download here: http://soundcloud.com/rumpsti-pumsti/sm ... olf-julius

Thanks for that!

(Looking forward to a quite creepily timed flexidisc from the man next month in the dreaded Wire.)

the current exhibition at Amselm Dreher gallery in berlin is really nice. it's on display until 30th june.

Thanks WC, I like the pics a lot.

An evening dedicated to Rolf Julius at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, October 28th 2011, with Peter Ablinger, Arnold Dreyblatt, Fast Forward, Felix Hess, Christina Kubisch, Hans Peter Kuhn & Junko Wada, Bernhard Leitner, David Moss, Rie Nakajima, Robin Minare, Michael Moser, Michael Pisaro, Steve Roden, Akio Suzuki, Miki Yui

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Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin
Die Sammlungen. The Collections. Les Collections
Fr 28. Oktober 2011, 19:00 Uhr
Special für Erwachsene

Für Julius
Am 21. Januar 2011 verstarb Rolf Julius, der große Künstler der kleinen Klänge. Mit seinen Klanginstallationen, Performances und Videos, seiner elektronischen Musik und seinem zeichnerischen Werk schuf er eine Kunst jenseits der klar geschiedenen Medien und etablierten Formen.
Mit einem Abend im Hamburger Bahnhof, in dessen Sammlung Rolf Julius vertreten ist, erweisen Weggefährten dem verstorbenen Freund ihre Referenz.

Mit Beiträgen von:
Peter Ablinger, Arnold Dreyblatt, Fast Forward, Felix Hess, Christina Kubisch, Hans Peter Kuhn & Junko Wada, Bernhard Leitner, David Moss, Rie Nakajima, Robin Minare, Michael Moser, Michael Pisaro, Steve Roden, Akio Suzuki, Miki Yui

Eine Veranstaltung von singuhr - hoergalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin und Elektronisches Studio der TU Berlin, Fachgebiet Audiokommunikation.

Mit freundlicher Unterstützung durch das Berliner Künstlerprogramms des DAAD, Galerie Anselm Dreher Berlin, Cortex Athletico Bordeaux, e/static Turin.
Ort: Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin
Treffpunkt: Aktionsraum
Kosten: Der Eintritt zu der Veranstaltung ist frei.