All Connected
All Connected is a series in Huis23 which involves concerts, films, readings and instrument presentations with and about artists who play with the language of ‘voltage control’, who use the ‘modular’ as creative thought process and test musical limits with it, artists who work in the spirit of San Francisco Tape Music Centre: a collective that came into being when pioneers like Terry Riley, Morton Subotnick, Steve Reich, Ramon Sender, Pauline Oliveros, and many others connected their oscillators and tape-recorders together and from which the most progressive music of that period originated.
Dolphins Into The Future
Lieven Martens Moana is an artiest/composer from Antwerp who has played an important role in Belgian experimental music for many years now. By combining musique concrète, field-recordings, electronic synthesis, new age and contemporary noise, he has created a unique mix of historical avant-garde and poetic neo-romantisisme.
His now already impressive oeuvre has been released on labels like KRAAK and Aguirre Records.
Wietske van Gils will assist during his concert at All Connected by providing video-projections.
Godfried-Willem Raes
Dr. Godfried Willem Raes is a phenomenon in recent Belgian art-history. Aside from being a concert organiser, composer, performer, teacher and instrument builder, he is also an expert in computer technology and established the Logos Foundation in support of new music. He studied musicology, philosophy, piano, clarinet, percussion & composition and he published many critical essays and polemic and technical scientific articles in professional journals. His artistic and scientific output is unstoppable and he has received much recognition worldwide because of this.
Raes is also an inveterate pipe-smoker, already vegetarian for more than 49 years, anarchist, anti-royalist, anti-nationalist, atheist, agnostic, he has never had a drink of cola, doesn't have a driving license, no car, no kids, no cat, no mobile phone,….
His website is a source of information about the man's life and work, and is certainly worth visiting: http://www.logosfoundation.org
Dr. Raes has promised to bring along a number of old instruments for his performance in the All Connected series.
Screening Erkki Kurenniemi films
Finnish artist, philosopher and designer Kurenniemi is mainly known for his electronic compositions. He is considered to be one of the most important pioneers of electronic music in Finland. He has also made a several experimental films over his long career, a few of which will be screened on this evening.
links:
http://cetaceannationcommunications.blogspot.be/
http://www.logosfoundation.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkki_Kurenniemi
Admittance is free of charge but seats are limited, so please register via reservationshuis23@abconcerts.be (making mention of ‘Dolphins’ in the subject title)