2024-01-19 16:39:22
The Capital of Culture year was quite literally rung in on Friday followingnoon on the route between Attnang-Puchheim and Stainach-Irdning with the Glögglwaggon, a railway carriage equipped with bells and bells. At a press conference held in heavy snow in front of platform 5 of Attnang-Puchheim train station, Transport Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) was also enthusiastic regarding a project that “combines resonance and sustainability”.
The response matches the ringing of the bells and she hopes that it will resonate for as many initiatives as possible during the Capital of Culture year, which “does a great job of combining art, culture and climate protection,” said the minister, who also emphasized the “enormous importance” of the railway for the region. The railway “brought the world to the Salzkammergut”, but not only experienced highs, she alluded to the discontinuation of the Salzkammergut local railway between Bad Ischl and Salzburg in 1957.
The composer Georg Nussbaumer, born in Linz in 1965, a specialist in sounding total works of art and large sound installations, created the Glögglwaggon, which is the first part of a four-part “Salzkammer(sc)hall” series that aims to combine sound and landscape, with his Glögglwaggon -Tradition of the Salzkammergut has been put on the rails. “I always wanted to know what it sounds like when the bells fly to Rome at Easter,” he said. Now the bells don’t fly to Rome, but they travel through the Salzkammergut.
In the ÖBB training workshops in Linz, 49 bells from the carillon from the Perner foundry in Passau and 37 bells from the “Frauenpasse Ebensee” were mounted on a freight wagon. So-called air paddles, which are tilted by the wind and are supposed to be reminiscent of the oars of rfollowings and salt ships, pass on impulses to the bells. “The faster it goes, the louder it bells,” said Nussbaumer. This might not be heard during today’s “stacking run”, which is also supposed to be the only use of this kinetic sound sculpture (which puts the topic of “sustainability” in a different light), despite the announcement that it would be transferred to the accompanying passenger carriages. So only those living next to the railway probably heard something – including the announced echo of the bells of 44 churches along the route.
The other projects of “Salzkammer(sc)hall” are “The Slow Shot” in June, “The Sung Horizon” in September and “The Landscape Organ” in October. There are pillory shooters, choirs and bands from the Salzkammergut.
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