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= KlangHaus = KlangHaus is a partnership between Sal Pittman (artist and filmmaker) and The Neutrinos (musicians / sound artists), formed in 2008. Many of its early projects were responses to the buildings and architecture in which they were staged (e.g. a former Horse Hospital, a disused bus depot, the normally-private spaces of the Southbank Centre). More recently, it has embraced ideas related to climate, community and human interaction. A consistent feature across all projects is the lack of a stage or any other separation between audience and performers. It won a Norfolk Arts Award for Music in 2017.

Members

 * Sal Pittman - artist and filmmaker.
 * Mark Howe - guitarist, vocals, host.
 * Karen Reilly - vocals, movement and saw playing.
 * Jon Baker - vocals, multi-instrumentalist, sound designer.
 * Jeron Gundersen - percussion.

Major Projects
=== Butcher of Common Sense === This was developed over a three year period, starting with ten days in 2008 in a then-defunct Berlin radio station (Funkhaus Berlin). It was a collaboration between The Neutrinos, Jonny Cole, Sal Pittman, BK and Dad, Roz Colman and Dan Tombs, with later additions from Jason Dixon, Dan Richards and Jay Barsby. From the collaboration, a CD album, 10" vinyl and artbook were produced along with an exhibition with the following embedded performances in 2012:


 * The Horse Hospital (London)
 * The Undercroft Gallery (Norwich)

This project directly led The Neutrinos and Sal Pittman to create KlangHaus. In 2015, the project featured in a book by Dan Richards about the work of some of Britain's most unique artists.

=== KlangHaus  === This was the first public iteration of the KlangHaus format of a promenade gig through a building drawing upon the acoustics, the ghosts and the history of the building, with small audiences and multiple shows a day. Encouraged to be part of the Edinburgh Fringe by Norwich Arts Centre's director, Pasco-Q Kevlin, this model of working proved viable and engaging. The venue was Summerhall, an ex-veterinary school, and the performance space was The Small Animal Hospital. The team drew upon themes of anaesthesia, consciousness and other lives. Songs were written for the show including The Song of the Small Animals.

=== On Air   === This was performed during July 2016 as part of the Southbank Centre's "Festival of Love" in parts of the site that are not normally accessible to the public - in back-stage corridors, through Plant Room 74, which runs the width of the Festival Hall and houses the air circulation and ventilation machinery, through to the space just under the roof around the lift shaft and and onto the roof itself. Most audiences experienced the finale of walking outside across the roof, except when rain made this impossible.

=== Alight Here === This was created in December 2016 in a former Bus Depot in Queen Street, Colchester - a high-roofed garage with maintenance facilities including a bus washing area, inspection pits and suspended air lines.

The show was based on the history of the building (which had previously been the Theatre Royal), with performance in the inspection pit, in and around a working Routemaster bus and in corners of the garage. Moving images were projected within the garage and still images in the office-space.

=== Four Storeys === This was performed in December 2016 in a former furniture depository in Muspole Street, Norwich (also known as St. George's Works). This was a four storey building which had been empty for eight years.

The show was based on the history of the building, of belonging and belongings, with the audience free to roam through the high-ceilinged spaces, in which light and film were projected. Birch tree trunks were installed upright in a half-height room to create a forest. Several broken pianos were installed in a space that was previously as a heated piano store.

=== 800 Breaths   === 42 shows were performed at the Royal Festival Hall in June / July 2017, supported by the PRS Foundation. A new show written for Plant Room 74. 800 human breaths was the average length of the show. This was the starting point for show content which included researching assisted breathing and paying reference to the building's air circulation system which were the machines housed in the performance space. The audience left the show via the open air on the roof.

=== Concrete Dreams === In April 2018, KlangHaus were engaged as exhibition designers for the re-opening of the brutalist parts of the Southbank Centre (the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery), after a major refurbishment. They had access to archive materials related to the centre, going back to it's opening in 1967 and curated a one hour tour designed for an audience of 15.

The audience was guided through dressing rooms, bathrooms and other backstage areas where film of notable gigs was projected and programmes, set-lists, details of performances and ticket sales and the original plans for the centre were displayed. The tour ended with a performance in the Purcell Room, combining footage of dance, music and poetry on two translucent screens by Sal Pittman with live performance from a kathak dancer over the seating area whilst the audience sat onstage. The dancer's finale was a spin onstage that the audience could feel.

=== Floodlight and LightHaus === Floodlight and LightHaus were both developed for the Love Light festival in Norwich. Floodlight was performed in February 2020 at The Halls, using the cloisters and undercroft, and supported by Vital Spark - a choir of male voices. LightHaus, a show with climate themes, was performed in February 2022 at the Blake Studio, Norwich School. The audience walked into an 4m x 6m illuminated box of colour with sound design around the outside of the box. This was the first project specifically designed for a family audience.

=== Darkroom === This was developed in collaboration with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and The Barn Arts Centre in Aberdeenshire as a response to climate change, Darkroom is a sound installation, delivered live to an audience of one in complete darkness.

It was trialled at the Tyndall Centre in September 2021, before taking it to COP26 Glasgow in November 2021. It was rewritten and updated for performance at the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2023 (Summerhall, Lower Church Basement).

=== InHaus === This show was designed for an intimate, domestic setting. It was first performed in August 2023 as part of the Edinburgh Fringe at Summerhall, Lower Church, in what looked like an maximalist living room, and was described as a cross between a rock concert, house party and art installation.