Sikorski
‘Works of art have been associated with humans since the beginning of our civilisation - just a few decades ago, it was unthinkable that a creative act could take place outside of human brains. For a few years now, we have known that humans and machines will also be competing in the field of art in the foreseeable future and that in the not too distant future, man-made art may have to be given a label in order to be recognised. We are therefore facing an epochal change: man-made art that is not just pure reproduction to satisfy mass taste will have to reassert itself and will certainly be perceived differently. At the same time, we are experiencing how the consequences of ‘man-made’ are destroying our climate and biodiversity, despite all the achievements of civilisation.
In my approximately ten-minute orchestral work ‘Artefakt’, a thoroughly man-made work, I would like to approach these questions of the consequences of human thoughts and actions and at the same time elevate ‘L'humana fragilità’, as Monteverdi calls it, to an artistic programme.’ (Johannes X. Schachtner)