"Godspeed in 4/4 Time" is a composition developed for the St. Matthäus Kirche in Berlin. It is a composition of image and sound. The image is a score and the score is the instrument itself. The design of the instrument can be read as a graphic score. The instrument consists of 366 different metal tubes hanging next to each other. The instrument is 44 meters long. Each tube has a different sound. The diameters, wall thicknesses, materials and lengths of the tubes are the notes and the notes directly produce at tone.

The entire score represents one calendar year, and thus, like every score, represents a period of time. Every day can be played and every day has a duration. The different materials of the pipes—copper, brass, stainless steel and aluminum—represent different perceptions and measurements of time: the Christian, the factual, the personal and the daily. When you walk through the room and strike each pipe, you play the score. But this performance is only one possible variation. The calendar year is a template for the structure of the composition, both musically and aesthetically. Above all, the work is about time. The calendar year is not depicted or represented. It is an arrangement and limitation of time, and it sets the pace.

At certain times, musicians will be invited to play the score. During the exhibition, visitors are also allowed to play the instrument.

When musicians play my composition "Godspeed in 4/4 Time", , they follow my instructions. Ornamentation, time signatures, volume, repetitions: these are all compositional tools and/or ways of playing that are variations or interpretations (like the Goldberg Variations or the interpretations of the Bible). Since I often include room for improvisation in my compositions, the musicians will also bring in their own interpretation.

"Godspeed in 4/4 Time" is an attempt to capture different experiences and concepts of time. There are different tempos: the time of the year, the time of the score, the duration of a tone , the time of playing, the personal, subjective time, the time of life. Also the time of God, who is beyond time. How do you understand time? How do you understand eternity? Art has always been an attempt to create something outside of time. Music is temporal. Music sounds and disappears.

Video "366 days"

Even if the pipes are not struck, the sound of a strike on a pipe can still be heard in the church via loudspeakers. The sound belongs to the video "366 days". This video is a joint work with the artist Dagmara Genda. All 366 pipes are struck one after the other in a 4-second cycle. The corresponding date appears on the monitor. In addition, body parts enter the picture.