In the summer of 2016 pianist Pedro Carneiro Silva with the filmmaker Ardalan Aram teamed up and set up a north piano at Hermannplatz in Neukölln. There were two chairs. One on which the minstrel sat at his keys, one who was free, offered headphones and waited for any listeners. Everything very informal. And when someone sat on the free chair there, they got the headphones on and a private performance on the piano, so to speak. In the middle of the city. Urban piano romance as it can hardly be more beautiful ...
A keyboard and an empty chair with headphones are placed in an urban space. A song is created in the moment for every person who takes a seat. This performance piece at Hermannplatz was an invitation to stop for a moment and dive into another realm within the public space. No explanation, no rules and no expectations were set, just a moment of encounter through music.
"Free Seat" is a collaboration between the Brazilian musician Pedro Carneiro Silva and the Iranian / German filmmaker Ardalan Aram.
Berlin, July 2016