Asphalte Gais (2020−2025)

Alexandre Babel (*1980), percussionist and composer, challenges listeners' expectations of conventional forms of music in his works. Visual artist Florian Bach (*1975) focuses on social violence in his work, deciphering situations that have complex political implications. Since 2014, they have been working together on projects that place sound in a new kind of relationship with visual, sculptural and spatial situations. Elements such as light, color and sculptures change the objects and their surroundings and create a counterpoint between sound and image.
«Asphalte» is a performance by Babel on a sculpture by Bach, shown for the first time in 2020. At the center is a drum kit covered in bitumen. For KLANG MOOR SCHOPFE 2025, they have further developed the work in a site-specific way.