Breathtune

The Symposium weekend closes with a series of concerts that focus on deep listening and nonlinear performance. The programme curated for Singelkerk, titled Breathtune, stretches the idea of the contemporary by (literally) breathing new life into silenced or forgotten sound practices – from flute to self-made instruments to organ pipes.

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Lukas De Clerck, performing as Bloedneus en de Snuitkever, produces acoustic drone music with his own version of the 2000-year-old Greek aulos, a double-reeded double pipe. Irish experimental sound artist Aine O’Dwyer presents a selection of pieces for pipe organ and voice inspired by her research into monastic chant. Inspired by South American traditional and ancient artifacts and performing with self-made instruments, Ale Hop and Tatiana Heuman premiere their live performance entitled Near and Remote Memory Activation Practices. They focus on exploring the timbral qualities of the elements (clay, water, wood, etc.), the textures that evoke soundscapes, the cosmovision inscribed in the artefacts, and the interplay of technology and embodiment as means of improvisation.

Breathtune closes with Kali Malone’s new immersive work, Does Spring Hide Its Joy, created for a trio of cello, sine waves and electric guitar performed by Stephen O’Malley, artist most notably known from Sunn O))), and Lucy Railton, British cellist and co-founder of the London Contemporary Music Festival. The piece is a study in deep listening and nonlinear durational performance with a focus on non-traditional tuning and beating interference patterns.