24 CD Boxed Set (Recorded at Akira Ikeda Gallery/Berlin in 2002)

 

This 24 CD boxed set was produced in association with the live reading and recording of "One Million Years (Past and Future)" by On Kawara (September 3 - November 23, 2002) at Akira Ikeda Gallery/Berlin Schonhauser Allee 176, 10119 Berlin, Germany.

Akira Ikeda Gallery /Berlin hosted the first live recording sessions of "One Million Years", all other previously released "One Million Years" CDs including the CD set from Documenta XI were recorded in studios. Native German speakers read in English and all odd numbers were read by men, all even numbers by women.

Each live recording session was approximately 60 minutes. The "Past" and the "Future" segments were recorded alternately in each recording session. During the live recording of the "Past", in a separate room of the gallery, pre-recorded "Future" CD was played and during the recording of the "Future", pre-recorded "Past" CD was played. It was purely an audio exhibition, there were no visual elements in the gallery. This clearly made this exhibition a reading/recording exhibition and distinguished itself from previously organized "One Million Years" shows.

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CD Information:

PAST CD

CD #	Years Covered	Recording Date	Readers
25	988,628BC-988,271BC	09/06/2002	Anne Gudurat, Michael Pauseback
26	988,270BC-987,855BC	09/12/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Bernhard Zilling
27	987,854BC-987,420BC	09/14/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers
28	987,419BC-987,015BC	09/20/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Mario Buset
29	987,014BC-986,621BC	09/26/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Mario Buset
30	986,620BC-986,232BC	9/28/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Mario Buset
31	986,231BC-985,877BC	10/05/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers
32	985,876BC-985,485BC	10/12/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers
33	985,484BC-985,054BC	10/19/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers
34	985,053BC-984,657BC	10/26/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers
35	984,656BC-984,241BC	11/2/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers
36	984,240BC-983,797BC	11/22/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers

FUTURE CD

CD#	Years Covered	Recording Date	Readers
25	13,293AD-13,791AD	09/05/2002	Suse Bick, Wilhelm Wiehe
26	13,792AD-14,251AD	09/07/2002	Dorothea Gassert, Kurt Gassert
27	14,252AD-14,768AD	09/13/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers
28	14,769AD-15,310AD	09/19/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Mario Buset
29	15,311AD-15,785AD	09/21/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Mario Buset
30	15,786AD-16,273AD	09/27/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Mario Buset
31	16,274AD-16,729AD	10/04/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers
32	16,730AD-17,211AD	10/11/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers
33	17,212AD-17,703AD	10/18/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers
34	17,704AD-18,195AD	10/25/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers
35	18,196AD-18,679AD	11/01/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers
36	18,680AD-19,155AD	11/08/2002	Margitta Hubmer, Alexander Lammers

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Additional Information:

Books: On Kawara produced twelve sets of "One Million Years (Past)" in 1970-71 in New York. Each set consists of ten volumes and begins with the year 998,031 BC and ends with the year 1,969 AD. Each book is made up of 200 pages and each page holds 500 typed years. They were first shown at Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf in 1971.

"One Million Years (Past)" is dedicated to: For all those who have lived and died.

The first set (ten volumes) of "One Million Years (Future)" was produced in 1980 in New York and was shown the following year at Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf. The year 1981 AD - 1001980 AD were covered. Eleven more sets were made in 1981-98.

One Million Years (Future)" is dedicated to: For the last one.

Compact Discs: In 1999, Dia Center for the Arts in New York published the first audio recording of "One Million Years" on CD. As of May, 2005, there are 38 CDs published by different institutions.

List of CDs published as of May, 2005

CD#	Institution	Years Covered
CD 1 Past	Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris;Paris, France	Past 998, 031 AD - 997, 400 BC
CD 1Future	Dia Center for the Arts; New York, USA	Future 1994 AD - 2613 AD
CD 2 - 6Past & Future	David Zwirner, New York, USA	Past 997, 399 BC - 994, 993 BC Future 2, 614 AD - 5, 565 AD
CD 7 - 8Past & Future	Konrad Fischer; Dusseldorf, Germany	Past 994, 992 BC - 993, 721 BCFuture 5, 566 AD - 6, 900 AD
CD 9 - 24Past & Future	Documenta XI; Kassel, Germany	Past 993, 720 BC - 988. 629 BC Future 6, 901 AD - 13, 292 AD
CD 25 - 36Past & Future	Akira Ikeda Gallery/Berlin; Berlin, Germany	Past 988, 628 BC - 983,797BC Future 13, 293 AD - 19,155AD
CD 37 - 38Past & Future	South London Gallery; London, England	Past 983,796BC - 983,069 BC Future 19,156AD - 19,940AD
CD 39 - 50Past & Future	Akira Ikeda Gallery/Taura; Taura, Japan	Past 983,068 BC - 978,483BC Future 19,941AD - 23,641AD
CD 51 - 74Past & Future	La Maison Rouge; Paris, France	Past 978,482BC - 972,889BC Future 23,642AD - 29,120AD
CD 75 - 82Past & Future	Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore; Singapore, Republic of Singapore	Past 972,888BC - 971,212BC Future 29,121AD - 31,426AD
CD 83 - 86 Past & Future	Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo; Vigo, Spain	Past 971,211BC - 969,612BC Future 31,427AD - 33,410AD

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