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Harth was born in 1+9+4+9 = 23 in [[Kronberg im Taunus]], [[Germany]] as ''' Alfred Harth''' and artistically initiated by visiting a [[dada ]] exhibition in 1+9+5+8 in [[Frankfurt/Main ]]. As a person with [[synesthesia]] he uses [[numerology ]].<br>With his essay ''On Synaesthetics '' in 1+9+6+7 he opened his creative horizons to a large variety of artistic fields. <br> He included classical string players in his [[free improvising]] group [[Just Music (band)|Just Music]] and opened the same year the platform ''centrum freier cunst '' in [[Frankfurt/Main]] -- a meeting point for live free music,art exhibitions,experimental poetry,action, and [[happening]] events.
Harth was born in 1+9+4+9 = 23 in [[Kronberg im Taunus]], [[Germany]] as ''' Alfred Harth''' and artistically initiated by visiting a [[dada ]] exhibition in 1+9+5+8 in [[Frankfurt/Main ]]. As a person with [[synesthesia]] he uses [[numerology ]].<br>With his essay ''On Synaesthetics '' in 1+9+6+7 he opened his creative horizons to a large variety of artistic fields. <br> He included classical string players in his [[free improvising]] group [[Just Music (band)|Just Music]] and opened the same year the platform ''centrum freier cunst '' in [[Frankfurt/Main]] -- a meeting point for live free music,art exhibitions,experimental poetry,action, and [[happening]] events.
He formed the group E.M.T.,1972-1975,with artist and pianist Nicole Van den Plas from [[Belgium ]] and Sven-Ake Johansson from [[Sweden ]] and included dada and classical works from [[Grieg]], [[Schubert]] a.o. <br>
He formed the group E.M.T.,1972-1975,with artist and pianist Nicole Van den Plas from [[Belgium ]] and Sven-Ake Johansson from [[Sweden ]] and included dada and classical works from [[Grieg]], [[Schubert]] a.o. <br>
In 1+9+7+6 he joined the [[loft jazz]] scene in [[ New York ]] and recorded the first LP of the ''Duo [[Goebbels]]/Harth'' including works from [[Hanns Eisler]] and later [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and a.o. The same year he started to work with [[video]].In 1979 he started to compose for the [[theatre]] and made [[Punk rock|punk]].In 1982 he co-founded [[Cassiber]] and initiated [[Duck and Cover]] for which he designed a composition in 1983 and organized the ''Marry the World By Conference Call'' in [[1984]] at the ''waschSalon gallery'' in Frankfurt/Main which he maintained with his then wife from 1984 - 1991. <br>
In 1+9+7+6 he joined the [[loft jazz]] scene in [[ New York ]] and recorded the first LP of the ''Duo [[Goebbels]]/Harth'' including works from [[Hanns Eisler]] and later [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and a.o. The same year he started to work with [[video]].In 1979 he started to compose for the [[theatre]] and made [[Punk rock|punk]] jazz.In 1982 he co-founded [[Cassiber]] and initiated [[Duck and Cover]] for which he designed a composition in 1983 and organized the ''Marry the World By Conference Call'' in [[1984]] at the ''waschSalon gallery'' in Frankfurt/Main which he maintained with his then wife from 1984 - 1991. <br>
In 1+9+8+5 he adapted the [[23 (numerology)|number 23]] in his name and short name ''' A23H''',recorded the LP ''Nouvelle Cuisine'' with [[Gestalt et Jive ]] and composed a [[ minimalist]] [[ video installation ]] ''Sam Lang''.He contributed an ''Amphibian Match'' to the ''under water concert'' initiated by Micky Remann in Frankfurt/Main in 1986.The same year he produced a [[remix]] album ''Anything goes''. He wrote a manifest ''Paradigmenwechsel'' in 1988 in which he proclaims the ''Instant City Happiness'' I-culture.The same year he founded the [[post modern]] group [[Vladimir Estragon]] with [[Einstuerzende Neubauten]] drummer [[FM Einheit]] a.o.. In 1989 he created the performance ''Wenn Gott tot ist,dann ist er im Himmel'' with a sound collage of original interviews with [[Jean Baudrillard]],[[Villem Flusser]],[[Friedrich Kittler]] a.o. and a performance with [[Russian]] poet Dimitrij Prigov at the Documenta Archive in [[Kassel ]] in 1990.The same year he exhibited [[William Burrough]]'s ''Paintings On Paper'' in Frankfurt/Main and had a [[retrospective]] of his own visual arts called ''2324 FU'' at the ''Dominikanerkloster'',Frankfurt. In 1992 he met his wife [[Korean]] artist Yi Soonjoo and was portrayed by [[Moscow]] TV in the short film ''Balance Action'' which was shown at the [[International Short Film Festival Oberhausen ]] a.o..<br>
In 1+9+8+5 he adapted the [[23 (numerology)|number 23]] in his name and short name ''' A23H''',recorded the LP ''Nouvelle Cuisine'' with [[Gestalt et Jive ]] and composed a [[ minimalist]] [[ video installation ]] ''Sam Lang''.He contributed an ''Amphibian Match'' to the ''under water concert'' initiated by Micky Remann in Frankfurt/Main in 1986.The same year he produced a [[remix]] album ''Anything goes''. He wrote a manifest ''Paradigmenwechsel'' in 1988 in which he proclaims the ''Instant City Happiness'' I-culture.The same year he founded the [[post modern]] group [[Vladimir Estragon]] with [[Einstuerzende Neubauten]] drummer [[FM Einheit]] a.o.. In 1989 he created the performance ''Wenn Gott tot ist,dann ist er im Himmel'' with a sound collage of original interviews with [[Jean Baudrillard]],[[Villem Flusser]],[[Friedrich Kittler]] a.o. and a performance with [[Russian]] poet Dimitrij Prigov at the Documenta Archive in [[Kassel ]] in 1990.The same year he exhibited [[William Burrough]]'s ''Paintings On Paper'' in Frankfurt/Main and had a [[retrospective]] of his own visual arts called ''2324 FU'' at the ''Dominikanerkloster'',Frankfurt. In 1992 he met his wife [[Korean]] artist Yi Soonjoo and was portrayed by [[Moscow]] TV in the short film ''Balance Action'' which was shown at the [[International Short Film Festival Oberhausen ]] a.o..<br>
In 1+9+9+4 he changed his artist name A23H back into his original name and was a member in the artist group ''Delicatesy Avantgarde'' with exhibitions in [[Gdansk]] and made a [[street installation ]] "''[[Wilhelm Leuschner]] zum Gedenken''" in context with his art project ''Gedankenhotel'',1993-1995, and had a retrospective ''Tensides'' at the ''Deutsches Filmmuseum''. He made a remix album ''Pollock'' with out-of-print Alfred Harth Lps in 1996 and in 1997-8 he re-arranged,conducted and performed the [[West Side Story ]] at the main theatre in Frankfurt/M.In 2000 he formed ''Trio Viriditas'' in New York and in 2001-2 he had a grant at Samzie Space in [[Seoul ]] and created the ''LaubhuetteStudio Seoul''.<br>
In 1+9+9+4 he changed his artist name A23H back into his original name and was a member in the artist group ''Delicatesy Avantgarde'' with exhibitions in [[Gdansk]] and made a [[street installation ]] "''[[Wilhelm Leuschner]] zum Gedenken''" in context with his art project ''Gedankenhotel'',1993-1995, and had a retrospective ''Tensides'' at the ''Deutsches Filmmuseum''. He made a remix album ''Pollock'' with out-of-print Alfred Harth Lps in 1996 and in 1997-8 he re-arranged,conducted and performed the [[West Side Story ]] at the main theatre in Frankfurt/M.In 2000 he formed ''Trio Viriditas'' in New York and in 2001-2 he had a grant at Samzie Space in [[Seoul ]] and created the ''LaubhuetteStudio Seoul''.<br>

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File:A23H in 2007.jpg
Alfred Harth (A23H) in 2007

Alfred 23 Harth is a German multimedia artist,band leader,musician and composer who is mixing the genres in a polystylistic manner.
Harth was born in 1+9+4+9 = 23 in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany as Alfred Harth and artistically initiated by visiting a dada exhibition in 1+9+5+8 in Frankfurt/Main . As a person with synesthesia he uses numerology .
With his essay On Synaesthetics in 1+9+6+7 he opened his creative horizons to a large variety of artistic fields.
He included classical string players in his free improvising group Just Music and opened the same year the platform centrum freier cunst in Frankfurt/Main -- a meeting point for live free music,art exhibitions,experimental poetry,action, and happening events. He formed the group E.M.T.,1972-1975,with artist and pianist Nicole Van den Plas from Belgium and Sven-Ake Johansson from Sweden and included dada and classical works from Grieg, Schubert a.o.
In 1+9+7+6 he joined the loft jazz scene in New York and recorded the first LP of the Duo Goebbels/Harth including works from Hanns Eisler and later Johann Sebastian Bach and a.o. The same year he started to work with video.In 1979 he started to compose for the theatre and made punk jazz.In 1982 he co-founded Cassiber and initiated Duck and Cover for which he designed a composition in 1983 and organized the Marry the World By Conference Call in 1984 at the waschSalon gallery in Frankfurt/Main which he maintained with his then wife from 1984 - 1991.
In 1+9+8+5 he adapted the number 23 in his name and short name A23H,recorded the LP Nouvelle Cuisine with Gestalt et Jive and composed a minimalist video installation Sam Lang.He contributed an Amphibian Match to the under water concert initiated by Micky Remann in Frankfurt/Main in 1986.The same year he produced a remix album Anything goes. He wrote a manifest Paradigmenwechsel in 1988 in which he proclaims the Instant City Happiness I-culture.The same year he founded the post modern group Vladimir Estragon with Einstuerzende Neubauten drummer FM Einheit a.o.. In 1989 he created the performance Wenn Gott tot ist,dann ist er im Himmel with a sound collage of original interviews with Jean Baudrillard,Villem Flusser,Friedrich Kittler a.o. and a performance with Russian poet Dimitrij Prigov at the Documenta Archive in Kassel in 1990.The same year he exhibited William Burrough's Paintings On Paper in Frankfurt/Main and had a retrospective of his own visual arts called 2324 FU at the Dominikanerkloster,Frankfurt. In 1992 he met his wife Korean artist Yi Soonjoo and was portrayed by Moscow TV in the short film Balance Action which was shown at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen a.o..
In 1+9+9+4 he changed his artist name A23H back into his original name and was a member in the artist group Delicatesy Avantgarde with exhibitions in Gdansk and made a street installation "Wilhelm Leuschner zum Gedenken" in context with his art project Gedankenhotel,1993-1995, and had a retrospective Tensides at the Deutsches Filmmuseum. He made a remix album Pollock with out-of-print Alfred Harth Lps in 1996 and in 1997-8 he re-arranged,conducted and performed the West Side Story at the main theatre in Frankfurt/M.In 2000 he formed Trio Viriditas in New York and in 2001-2 he had a grant at Samzie Space in Seoul and created the LaubhuetteStudio Seoul.
Since 20+0+3 he keeps open if being called "Alfred 23 Harth" or "Alfred Harth". In 2005 he produced a DVD T_error. A23H founded many bands with a lot of Lps/CDs,composed for film,TV,theatre,ballet and radio plays. Currently he lives and works mostly in Korea and Japan since 2001.

Group formations and discography (selection)

Just Music - A23H/Thomas Cremer/Dieter Herrmann/Johannes Krämer/Thomas Stoewsand/Witold Teplitz/ Peter Stock/Franz Volhard :

  • Just Music ECM1002, 1969
  • Born Free CBS, 1970
File:A23H's fire painting in 1967.jpg
A23H's fire painting from 1967

EMT - A23H/Sven-Åke Johansson/Nicole van den Plas :

  • Canadian Cup of Coffee FMP, 1974

Duo Goebbels/Harth  :

  • Vier Faeuste fuer Hanns Eisler FMP, 1976 +Recommended Records,2007
  • Vom Sprengen des Gartens FMP, 1978+Recommended Records,2007
  • Indianer fuer Morgen Riskant, 1981
  • Zeit Wird Knapp Riskant, 1981
  • Frankfurt/Peking Riskant, 1984
  • Live in Victoriaville victo, 1987
  • Goebbels Heart evva, 1992

Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester :

  • Mit Gelben Birnen Trikont, 1977/80/99

Cassiber - A23H/Christoph Anders/Chris Cutler/Heiner Goebbels :

Duck and Cover - A23H/Tom Cora/Chris Cutler/Fred Frith/Heiner Goebbels/Dagmar Krause/George Lewis :

Gestalt et Jive - A23H/Steve Beresford/Anton Fier/Peter Hollinger/Ferdinand Richard/Uwe Schmitt :

  • Nouvelle Cuisine Moers Music, 1985
  • Gestalt et Jive Trio Creative Works Records, 1986

Duo Alfred 23 Harth/John Zorn :

  • Anything Goes Creative Works Records, 1986
  • Plan Eden Creative Works Records, 1987

Duo Brötzmann/23 Harth :

  • Go-No-Go FMP, 1987

OH MOSCOW - A23H/Lindsay Cooper/Hugh Hopper/Marilyn Mazur/ Phil Minton/Elvira Plenar/Sally Potter :

File:A23H in 1988.jpg
Alfred 23 Harth in 1988

Vladimir Estragon - A23H/FM Einheit/Ulrike Haage/Phil Minton :

  • Three Quarks For Muster Mark enja/tiptoe, 1989

Domestic Stories - A23H/Chris Cutler/Fred Frith/Lutz Glandien/Dagmar Krause :

Trio Trabant a Roma - A23H/Lindsay Cooper/Phil Minton :

  • State Of Volgograd FMP, 1994

QuasarQuartet - A23H/Simon Nabatov/Vladimir Tarasov/Vitold Rek)

  • POPendingEYE free flow music, 1992

Imperial Hoot - A23H/Guenter Bozem/Marcel Daemgen/Christoph Korn :

  • Secrets of Development Blue Noises,1999

Trio Viriditas - A23H/Wilber Morris/Kevin Norton)

Otomo Yoshihide New Jazz Orchestra (ONJO) - A23H/Otomo Yoshihide/ Sachiko M/Axel Dörner/Mats Gustafsson/Toshimaru Nakamura/Cor Fuhler/Tsugami Kenta/Aoki Taisei/Okura Masahiko/Ishikawa Ko/Unami Taku/Takara Kumiko/Kahimi Karie/Mizutani Hiroaki/Yoshigaki Yasuhiro)

  • ONJO doubtmusic, 2005
  • Out to Lunch doubtmusic, 2005
  • ONJO live Vol.1 series circuit doubtmusic,2007
  • ONJO live Vol.2 parallel circuit doubtmusic,2007

Otomo Yoshihide's Invisible Songs - A23H/Otomo Yoshihide/Yoshigaki Yasuhiro/Kahimi Karie/Leonid Soybelman/Kondo Tatsuo/Nasuno Mitsuru/Kawai Shinobu/ Yamamoto Seiichi/ Jim O'Rourke

  • "Sora" East Works Entertainment,2007

Expedition - A23H/Chris Dahlgren/Jay Rosen/Hans Tammen

Homura Trio - A23H/Yoriyuki Harada/Choi Sun Bae

  • "Homura" off note,2007

Discography of special projects (selection)

MOTHER-OF-PEARL-SERIES (1.-5.,made in Korea),2003-2006 :

  • 1. "eShip sum“ /
  • 2. "nu:clear re:actor“
  • 3. DVD "T_error“ / CD "kr ./. jp“ /
  • 4. "Seoul Milk“
  • 5. "NUN"

References

  • Schwab, Juergen. Der Frankfurt Sound. Frankfurt/Main: Societaetsverlag, 2004.
  • Repecaud, Dominique. Musique Action. Vandoeuvre, France: CCAM, 1993.
  • Quinke, Ralph. jazz + more. Kiel, Germany: Nieswand Verlag, 1992.
  • Alfred Harth biography since the year 2000 [2]
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