Deelnemers gezocht : Rainforest (workshop geluidskunst)

De RAINFOREST-workshop, opgezet door Derek Holzer en Mads Bech Paluszewski-Hau, is een hedendaagse herinterpretatie van David Tudor's gelijknamige reeks composities uit de jaren 70. Het gebruikt speciale soorten geluidsomzetters om live geluiden door verschillende metalen objecten te sturen, waardoor de hele ruimte een orkest van resonerende stemmen wordt.

Tijdens het Artefact festival 2017 host STUK een Rainforest-workshop van 25 februari tot 1 maart, met de steun van de Danish Arts Foundation. Samen met Holzer en Paluszewski-Hau zullen 8 deelnemers samenwerken aan de bouw van installaties en repeteren voor een avondvullende voorstelling die toont welke geluidswereld er in alledaagse objecten schuilt.

De voertaal tijdens de workshop is Engels, daarom is de oproep tot deelnemers ook in het Engels opgesteld.


WHO WERE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a maximum of 8 participants to join us. You should be:

* A sound artist, experimental musician, or student in either of these fields
* Able to bring your own electronic performance instrument (w/ 1 mono output + 1 mono input)
* Able to play in a free, expressive and improvisational manner (i.e. no repetitive dance music)

We would prefer a gender-balanced team, and highly encourage female applicants.

The is no fee for participating in this workshop, but we expect that participants will be able to join us for working sessions on all five days of the workshop, all the way from the start on 25.02.17 through to the performance on the evening of 01.03.17. We hope that you will also be able to stay for the tearing-down of the installation the morning of 02.03.17 as well.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send an email to <rainforestworkshop2017@gmail.com> with the subject line "RAINFOREST 2017" before JAN 28 2017 at the latest, containing the following information:

* Your name and short biography
* What can offer to a collaborative workshop/installation/performance
* Your artistic homepage
* A link to *ONE* audio or video clip which you think represents your sonic approach
* Your confirmation that you can participate in every day of the workshop

We will accept participants on a rolling basis, so you are encouraged to send your information as early as possible.

MORE ON THE WORKSHOP

The resulting RAINFOREST "performative installation" should shift between relatively static installation-like moments and performative sections where the artists seek new relationships with the objects and each other. The audience will be free to move around the performance space, engage in conversations and explore the resonant objects, thus adding new life to the rainforest.

Additionally, there will be evening lectures by specialists from KU Leuven Arts and Science on topics related to the RAINFOREST concept, such as structural acoustics, bioacoustics or acoustic anthropology [to be confirmed].