Born in New York, Arthur Clay now lives in Basel and Berlin. He works on stage with music, video & performance. He specializes in self-written and self-performed works using a variety of contemporary artistic mediums. He has participated at international festivals, with radio and CD recordings in Europe, America and Asia. He has numerous works for partly self-invented electronic and acoustic musical instruments: in 1993/94 he designed the manually operated controller systems for STEIM in Amsterdam, 'Air-bow'- a virtual stringed instrument, 'Mirrorum'- an optical sound generator, 'Spaceball'- an intermedia-controller for live-video and electronic. He also produced radio plays and theatre productions with the Swiss writer Urs Jaeggi including 'Kantate und Aria für Glas' (1993), 'Gebrochene Worte' (National PEN meeting in Heidelberg 1996), 'Spinoza is(s)t', Theatre of New Media at the 'Städtische Bühnen' in Freiburg 2000: musical theatre with text from Alex Silber and Getrude Stein with the 'Gespannte Gefährten' (German tour 1996/97) and with Art Clay 'Musik für Dinge', culture article on '10 vor 10', (Swiss television programme aired in August 2000). He has also composed for such renowned soloists as Imke David, Fritz Hauser, Günter Heinz and Malcolm Goldstein. His recordings include 'Music for Seven Strings' (ToneText 1002) with the gambist Imke David in 1996, 'Gebrochene Worte' (book & CD, ToneText 1001/Werwerka Gallery Berlin) with Urs Jaeggi in 1998, 'Einweihnachtslied & Nocheinweihnachtslied' (ToneText 1004) with Alex Silber in 1999. He was awarded a sabbatical year by the city of Basel in 1994.
Liste des oeuvres
Lange Jahre Stille als Geräusch (1995)
Hörspiel
Instrumentation: für Sprecher und objets trouvés (oder Schlagzeug)
Texte: Urs Jaeggi
Durée: 10' 00" Manuscrit
Worte (1995)
Hörspiel
Instrumentation: für Sprecher, Glasharmonika und obligates Instrument
Texte: Urs Jaeggi
Durée: 7' 00" Manuscrit
Air Feu (1996)
Hörspiel
Instrumentation: für 2 Sprecher, 3 Tonbänder und 1 Sirene
Texte: Urs Jaeggi
Durée: 16' 00" Manuscrit
Music for Video 2 (1997)
Instrumentation: für Sampler
Durée: 20' 00" Manuscrit
Take off (1999)
Instrumentation: für Trompete und 2 Megaphone
Durée: 5' 00" Manuscrit
Fountain (1999)
Instrumentation: für 3 verstärkte PET-Flaschen
Durée: 10' 00" Manuscrit
Hörgänge (2003)
Instrumentation: für Sprechstimme, Picc-Trompete, Euphonium und Schlagzeug