max goelitz
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • home
  • artists
  • exhibitions
  • fairs
  • editorial
  • news
  • contact
  • DE
  • EN
Cart
0 items €
Checkout

Item added to cart

View cart & checkout
Continue shopping
Menu
  • DE
  • EN
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Channa Horwitz, Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2nd Variation, 1969
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Channa Horwitz, Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2nd Variation, 1969
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Channa Horwitz, Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2nd Variation, 1969
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Channa Horwitz, Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2nd Variation, 1969
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Channa Horwitz, Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2nd Variation, 1969
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Channa Horwitz, Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2nd Variation, 1969

    Channa Horwitz

    Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2nd Variation, 1969
    Casein on graph paper
    54.6 x 53.3 cm
    21 1/2 x 21 inches
    Copyright The Artist
    Photo: Lisson Gallery | Dirk Tacke

    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Channa Horwitz Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2Nd Variation 1969 Cho2 Dirk Tacke 24 Web
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Channa Horwitz Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2Nd Variation 1969 Cho2 Dirk Tacke 24 Web
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Channa Horwitz Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2Nd Variation 1969 Cho2 Dirk Tacke 24 Web
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Channa Horwitz Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2Nd Variation 1969 Cho2 Dirk Tacke 24 Web
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Channa Horwitz Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2Nd Variation 1969 Cho2 Dirk Tacke 24 Web
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 6 ) Channa Horwitz Sonakinatography Movement I Sheet C 2Nd Variation 1969 Cho2 Dirk Tacke 24 Web
    The series of works 'Sonakinatography', which Channa Horwitz developed in the 1960s and continued until her death, includes a large number of drawings on graph paper based on 23 compositions...
    continue reading
    The series of works "Sonakinatography", which Channa Horwitz developed in the 1960s and continued until her death, includes a large number of drawings on graph paper based on 23 compositions in which the artist uses color, symbols, word or numbers which can be translated into sequences of movement, sound, or spoken words in a rigorous order and based on the number eight. The numbers are often assigned a specific color code. The title of the graphic and minimalist notations derives from the Greek words for "sound" (sona), "movement" (kineto), and "notation" (graphe), and enabled Horwitz to visualize time, rhythm, and movement of bodies and objects in space. The drawings stand as complete alone and can also form the basis for notation systems or multimedia performances. Each of the drawings can be interpreted through various mediums such as music or sound, dance or movement, light, poetry, and animation, and realized as a concert, performance or spatial installation. Through the strict division into colors, numbers, and symbols, Horwitz succeeds in "Sonakinatography" in capturing the fourth dimension of time in a spatial unity by using the two-dimensional drawing - "I devised a system that would allow me to see time visually."

    "Movement I Sheet C 2nd Variation" (1969) is an early notation that was made before she had the name “Sonakinatography”. The seed of this body of work stemmed from when she was developing a way to describe the movement of the beams for her Art and Technology proposal. She then became fascinated with this process and of choreographing time graphically. Her early "Sonakinatography" drawings, of which this was one, were called "Movement Sheets". She notes in the legend of the notation "time + color," referring to the fact that each of the eight digits describes the counts to be held by its color and position on the sheet.


    Die Werkserie "Sonakinatography", die Channa Horwitz in den 1960er Jahren entwickelte und bis zu ihrem Tod fortsetzte, umfasst zahlreiche Zeichnungen auf Millimeterpapier, die auf 23 Kompositionen basieren, in denen die Künstlerin Farben, Symbole, Worte oder Ziffern verwendet, die sich in einer strengen Reihenfolge und auf der Zahl Acht basierend in Bewegungsabläufe, Klänge oder gesprochene Worte übersetzen lassen, wobei diese oft mit einem bestimmten Farbcode versehen sind. Der Titel der grafischen und minimalistischen Notationen leitet sich von den griechischen Wörtern für "Klang" (sona), "Bewegung" (kineto) und "Notation" (graphe) ab und ermöglichte es Horwitz, Zeit, Rhythmus und Bewegung von Körpern und Objekten im Raum zu visualisieren. Die Zeichnungen können auch die Grundlage für Notationssysteme oder multimediale Performances bilden: Jede der Zeichnungen kann durch verschiedene Medien wie Musik oder Klang, Tanz oder Bewegung, Licht, Poesie und Animation interpretiert und als Konzert, Performance oder Rauminstallation realisiert werden. Durch die strikte Einteilung in Farben, Zahlen und Symbole gelingt es Horwitz in "Sonakinatography", die vierte Dimension der Zeit mit Hilfe der zweidimensionalen Zeichnung in einer räumlichen Einheit zu erfassen – “I devised a system that would allow me to see time visually“.

    "Movement I Sheet C 2nd" Variation (1969) ist eine frühe Notation von Horwitz, bevor sie die Werkserie mit "Sonakinatography" betitelte. Die Idee zu diesem Werk entstand, als sie für das Programm "Arts and Technology" eine Methode zur Beschreibung ihrer Projektidee "Suspension of Vertical Beams Moving in Space" mit bewegenden Balken entwickelte. Sie war fasziniert von diesem Prozess und der grafischen Choreografie von Zeit. Ihre frühen "Sonakinatography" Zeichnungen, zu denen auch diese gehört, nannte sie "Movement Sheets". In der Legende der Notation vermerkt sie "Zeit + Farbe", was sich auf die Tatsache bezieht, dass jede der acht Ziffern durch ihre Farbe und Position auf dem Blatt die zu haltenden Takte beschreibt.
    Close full details
    share
    • Facebook
    • X
    • Pinterest
    • Tumblr
    • Email
    back
    |
    Next
    1 
    of  6

return policy

terms & conditions

privacy policy

imprint

instagram, opens in a new tab.
Facebook, opens in a new tab.
Artsy, opens in a new tab.
Join the mailing list
Manage cookies
copyright © 2025 max goelitz
site by Artlogic

 

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences