Intimation of Endless Space Given in a Small Window of Time (approximately 10 minutes)

Ethan Braun and Lina Grumm

This special issue of BLOT honours Ethan and Lina’s exhibition, which runs at Artspace Aotearoa throughout 3 May–12 July, 2025.

Wall
same old fucked 2, 3:14
same old fucked 1, 3:12

Graphic score of conventional musical notation, annotations of “hmm,” and images of hands.

Floor
Chord Timbres, 9:28
Floor piece proposition (D7 transposition), 9:02
b buzz, 6:30

Round, circular musical graphic score denoting duration, pitch, dynamic parameters.

Collage
HAND WORK, 6:50
JMC3, 1:17

Various images of hands in different positions, bare and gloved.

Projection
Pierrot Study #1, 5:22
Pierrot, Strings, and Birds, 4:22
Waldenser, 19:22

Blue sky with wispy pink clouds, chemtrails. Yellow caption text reads, “night, night, night, night, night, night, night.”

Mirror
(Going Up), 1:38
JMC1, 2:05
vr Melody alone, 3:48
leisurely piano exercises;
dream time harmoniac, 2:25
JMC4, 2:15
JMC2, 2:10

Image of handwritten note gestures on a five-line stave, with typed instructions pasted bottom right.

Study
Cloud Study, 7:33

A dense musical score entitled “Cloud Study”, with instrumental parts creating the shape of a cloud.

Opening & closing
piano bird play (VERY SKETCH), 18:39

A calendar of the exhibition including dates, runtimes of the sound installation and events. Some score images pasted on top.

There is a title for each of the situations we created in the exhibition space. The scores are titled respectively. Under each situation are the titles of the tracks playing in relation to the score. All music is by Ethan Braun, 2025.

Ethan Braun (Los Angeles, 1987) is a Berlin-based composer known for holistic, experimental approaches to sound and live performance. Ethan’s music interpolates improvisation, algorithmic, and computer-assisted compositional models with polyphonic harmony to expressive effect. It has been presented in concert, exhibitions, and performances by the likes of Kampnagel, Roulette Intermedium, Carnegie Hall, Los Angeles Philharmonic, LUMA Arles, and the Dutch National Opera.

Lina Grumm works in graphic design and is co-founder of HIT (hit-studio.co.uk, together with Annette Lux). In dialogue with artists, exhibition makers, and authors, she develops visual communication of artistic concepts, transforming abstract ideas into books, exhibitions, posters, and digital formats. She has collaborated with institutions such as ICA and TATE London, Kunsthalle Bern, Midway Contemporary Minneapolis, and Haus am Waldsee Berlin.

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