10-15 examples of the public appeal made on an A3-sized poster, entitled Seeking Brahms with Strings. Responses to this public appeal were received in various forms and media, including the sound recordings by pianist Trami Nguyen. These took the form of 2.00 min loops; and the installation consists of variable dimensions.

Brahms’ Fifth Variation of Op. 21 is the pianist Trami Nguyen’s response to the public appeal I made in Paris 2009, which was en titled: Seeking Brahms with Strings. In the piece Trami plays each voice of the fifth variation individually. The 3 voices are then played simultaneously through 3 mono loudspeakers and from 3 different walls in the exhibition space. Members of the audience are able to physically move between the voices and in this way constantly al ter the way the piece sounds. Brahms’ Fifth Variation of Op. 21 is part of an ongoing collaboration between Trami Nguyen and Ursula Nistrup. The collaboration focuses on the relation ships be tween architecture and music, harmonies and dis-harmonies, multiple voices and spatial installations. When exhibited, Seeking Brahms with Strings still receives responses to its public appeal.