the hit of enlightenment (بیگانگی) | 2022

the hit of enlighthenment was presented by Berlin Atonal at the Kraftwerk during the Metabolic Rift exhibition and performance program. Performed at Kraftwerk Berlin on Sept 30th, 2022.

the hit of enlightenment resumed where next time, die consciously (بیگانگی) left off three years earlier, in the same massive Kraftwerk both musically with an articulation of architectural and acoustic space via 30 drummers positioned peripherally, and conceptually with the realisation that heteronomy is the condition of all things – that external forces create our notion of self which tends to be constructable and therefore de-constructable.

Taking a critical stance towards notions of regulated time by embracing rhythmic instability and sound as sculptural material, this piece highlights methods of co-existence and distinction through rupture while gesturing towards the possibility of strong, sudden shifts in consciousness.

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