The KLANG MOOR SCHOPFE

festival presents international sound art in a unique cultural landscape: the Appenzell high moor "Schopfe" at the foot of the Hirschberg with its specific flora and fauna and the characteristic small scattered barns forms the spatial and acoustic environment. Eleven sedge barns, originally used for agricultural purposes, will be used by the invited artists to create site-specific audiovisual installations. The small-scale, open festival site allows visitors to "wander" through the various installations on a two-hour tour. The artistic sound installations, the archaic architecture of the bogs and the moor landscape combine to create a total work of art that appeals to all the senses and is capable of fascinating a wide audience.

Artistic concept The KLANG MOOR SCHOPFE festival aims to make a diverse spectrum of contemporary audiovisual art audible and tangible in a special geographical space. In creating works for "their" barn, the invited national and international artists engage with the landscape and the local situation. The simple, functional wooden barns, which once served as a depot for the sedge, characterize the cultural landscape. The barns have been adapted to changing needs over the course of time and are architecturally unique. The simple, differently sized interiors influence the acoustics through their form and materiality. Many of the artists work at the interface of experimental music, visual arts and science.

The festival takes this interdisciplinarity into account with a series of events that make it possible to get to know the participating artists and their experimental work beyond the presented installation. These include artist talks, concerts, live performances, video nights and other special events with the artists. The intimate character of the festival and the presence of the participating artists on site allow both an intensive exchange between the participating artists and direct encounters between the audience, the local population and the artists.

The idea of exchange and encounters is supported by the wide range of low-threshold events on offer. The musician and sound artist Patrick Kessler from Gais is responsible for the idea, concept and curation of the KLANG MOOR SCHOPFE festival. We will be happy to keep you up to date on the program and implementation with our newsletter. The newsletter is published as required, approximately 6 times a year in festival years, and can be canceled at any time. Subscribe to newsletter

Previous editions

KLANG MOOR SCHOPFE is a biennial festival. The first edition took place in 2017, followed by the second in 2019. International artists such as Roman Signer, Norbert Möslang, Albert Oehlen, Olga Kokcharowa, Dimitri de Perrot, Svetlana Maraṧ, Ludwig Berger, Nika Schmitt, Marco Barotti, Jan Vorisek and Zimoun were inspired by the idea and performed in one of the bogs with a specially created sound installation.

2021 saw the festival go ahead as planned and at a high artistic level despite the difficult conditions caused by the pandemic. The budget was adhered to and there were even slightly more visitors than in 2019.

Abschlussbericht 2021 (
link: https://klangmoorschopfe.ch/2021/medien text: Auswahl Medienstimmen 2021)

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link: https://klangmoorschopfe.ch/2021 text: To the 2021 edition target: _blank) To the 2019 edition (
link: https://klangmoorschopfe.ch/2017 text: To the 2017 edition target: _blank)