“Plaqué” is a commissioned performance project initiated by Peter Schubert (Geislingen/Steige) and Andreas Usenbenz (Ulm) in 2015″. Made to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Daniel Straub’s birth. Straub made a large contribution to the industrial development of the city “Geislingen an der Steige” and it’s famous construction work, the “Geislinger Steige”. During and since it’s construction in 1850 it is known as one of the steepest railway lines in Europe.
Schubert & Usenbenz followed the footsteps of Straub’s life. Supported by archival material, they went outside to do field recordings that followed his varied life. Based on these self-made sound documents, Usenbenz & Schubert used contemporary composition and production methods to transform the location based media into a sound piece.