Wochende (Weekend)

Walter Ruttmann (DE 1930)

11 min

Wochende was presented in theaters as a sound-only experience. No images were projected on the screen. The 11 minute of music fragments and sounds represent a weekend in Berlin, including Saturday afternoon at a factory, a night in the city, a pastoral Sunday, and the city returning to work on Monday. The effect was a sonification of the visuals one would expect from a film, but a film without images.

Wochende, as a sound narrative, was also broadcast on radio and so is sometimes referred to as a radio play. In that context Wochende may be the first significant recorded experiment with montage for radio

Producer: Walter Ruttmann

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