Talks & Network Lunch ​‘Neighbouring Frequencies’ (EN)

Symposium in BAC ART LAB with pre­sen­ta­ti­ons and talks on archi­ving and pre­sen­ting (his­to­ri­cal) sound art, with guests from Belgium and the Netherlands at the invita­ti­on of the ​‘Neighbouring Frequencies’ network.

Practical
➤ Friday 16 May
➤ 11:00 – 14:00
➤ Location: BAC ART LAB, Vital Decosterstraat 102
➤ Language: English
➤ The sym­po­si­um is sold out, regi­stra­ti­ons are clo­sed.

Programme
➤ 11:00: Coffee & lunch buf­fet
➤ 12:00: Talks
Welcome: Gilles Helsen (STUK, Hear Here), Valerie Verhack (M Leuven), Jarl Schulp (Neighbouring Frequencies)
Talk: Linnea Semmerling: ​“Hear here, here now, here with“
Panel dis­cus­si­on (mode­ra­ted by Leonie Persyn): Linnea Semmerling (researcher), Edwin van der hei­de (artist), Giulia Vismara (Musica/​Klankenbos), Carsten Seiffarth (Singuhr)
Talk: Kees Tazelaar on Dick Raaijmakers
➤ 14:00: End + acti­va­ti­on Dick Raaijmakers — Ideofoon I

Partners
Neighbouring Frequencies (STUK, FIBER, De Brakke Grond, Kunstenpunt, FIBER), Le Fresnoy, Werktank, BAC ART LAB, The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Belgium.
Neighbouring Frequencies is a Belgian-Dutch plat­form that pre­sents sound art in the low coun­tries and con­nects sce­nes. An ini­ti­a­ti­ve of STUK, FIBER, de Brakke Grond and Kunstenpunt.

Gwendolyn Lootens & Saif Al Qaissy — situ­a­ti­on 0012 — یدق acti­va­ti­on of moving moment 0056

In an audio­vi­su­al live per­for­man­ce, visu­al artist Gwendolyn Lootens and musi­cian Saif Al Qaissy com­ment the con­ti­nuous dis­pla­ce­ment of peo­p­le all over the world.

Practical
➤ Friday 16 May
➤ 15:00
➤ Duration: 20 minu­tes
➤ Location: M Leuven (room: Forum), Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28

Cevdet Erek — çepe­çer­çe­ve

çepe­çer­çe­ve, by Istanbul-based artist and musi­cian Cevdet Erek, is an immersi­ve instal­la­ti­on, per­for­man­ce setup, and audio pro­ject whe­re sound, spa­ce, and move­ment come together. The tit­le — a made-up com­pound word in Turkish — com­bi­nes two expres­si­ons to sug­gest being ​“com­ple­te­ly sur­roun­ded” or ​“all-encom­pas­sing.” This idea lies at the heart of the work: a sen­so­ry envi­ron­ment whe­re sound and struc­tu­re enve­lop the visi­tor, and hybrid forms emer­ge through over­lap­ping func­ti­ons and inten­ti­ons.

Erek works with uncon­ven­ti­o­nal per­cus­si­on instru­ments — some of which he desig­ned in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with instru­ment maker and daf play­er Sami Khosseini — inclu­ding the Derisiz Def (Daf wit­hout skin), Derisiz Cetvel Def (Ruler Daf wit­hout skin), and Halkalı Stadyum (Stadium with rings). These instru­ments gene­ra­te undu­la­ting sound tex­tu­res and tre­mu­lous rhythms that rip­ple through the spa­ce, sur­roun­ding the audien­ce. Some even invi­te indi­vi­du­als — or small groups of two or three — to step insi­de the instru­ments them­sel­ves, cre­a­ting a shif­ting, inti­ma­te rela­ti­ons­hip bet­ween listener/​viewer, instru­ment, and per­for­mer. The work encou­ra­ges visi­tors to beco­me awa­re of their own pre­sen­ce in the spa­ce, of others around them, and of the lay­e­red events unfol­ding. Erek also explo­res how the­se expe­rien­ces might con­ti­nue beyond the phy­si­cal set­ting, through headp­ho­ne-based lis­te­ning — par­ti­cu­lar­ly via the albums in cir­cu­la­ti­on and çepe­çer­çe­ve.

For the first time, cer­tain ele­ments and vari­a­ti­ons of the çepe­çer­çe­ve series are being instal­led in a muse­um gal­lery and per­for­med by an expand­ed ensem­ble of Belgian per­cus­si­o­nists. This rare occa­si­on dee­pens the work’s explo­ra­ti­on of the rela­ti­ons­hip bet­ween body, sound, and archi­tec­tu­re, invi­ting visi­tors into a medi­ta­ti­ve sta­te whe­re abstract, repe­ti­ti­ve struc­tu­res gra­du­al­ly blur the boun­da­ries bet­ween time, rhythm, and spa­ce.

Performers: Isaac Kobena Bethru, Zia De Mesmaeker, Cevdet Erek, Anastasia Tarasova, Jalel Van Goethem, Eline Willems & Jo Zanders
Thanks to neu­ger­riem­schnei­der, Berlin for the fol­lo­wing loans:

Daf wit­hout Skin, Cevdet Erek, 2021
Ruler Daf wit­hout Skin, Cevdet Erek, 2021
Daf wit­hout Skin II, Cevdet Erek, 2023
Ruler Daf wit­hout Skin II, Cevdet Erek, 2023
Larger Daf wit­hout Skin, Cevdet Erek, 2023
Stadium with Rings, Cevdet Erek, 2023
Eastern Daf, Cevdet Erek, 2023

Practical
➤ Friday 16 May
➤ 16:00
➤ Duration: 40 minu­tes
➤ Location: M Leuven (room: 1.H), Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28

mark fell & lim­pe fuchs

Two monu­ments from con­tem­po­ra­ry musi­cal avant gar­de meet on the bor­der of free acous­tic impro­vi­sa­ti­on and digi­tal sound.

Practical
➤ Friday 16 May
➤ 17:00
➤ Duration: 40 minu­tes
➤ Location: M Leuven (room: 2.A)

Anouk Kellner & guests: Yannick Guédon & d’Incise

Sound artist Anouk Kellner acti­va­tes her organ instal­la­ti­on in the monu­men­tal KADOC cha­pel and invi­tes two guests for an acous­tic improvisation.

Practical
➤ Friday 16 May
➤ 18:00
➤ Duration: 40 minu­tes
➤ Location: KADOC (Kapel), Vlamingenstraat 39

Mihalis Shammas — Pendulum Instrument

Hypnotic har­mo­nic explo­ra­ti­ons with an impo­sing, pen­ding sna­re instrument.

Practical
➤ Friday 16 May
➤ 20:00
➤ Duration: 30 minu­tes
➤ Location: STUK (Studio), Naamsestraat 96 (4^th floor abo­ve STUKcafé)

Partners
Co-pro­duc­ti­on: STUK, Concertgebouw Brugge, Fonds Podiumkunsten & StimuleringsFonds

Vica Pacheco — Éclipsis

Movement, sound and light come together in the new per­for­man­ce by Brussels-Mexican artist Vica Pacheco, with a lea­ding role for whist­ling cera­mic instruments.

Practical
➤ Friday 16 May
➤ 21:00
➤ Duration: 45 minu­tes
➤ Location: STUK (Soetezaal), Naamsestraat 96

Partners
Co-pro­duc­ti­on: STUK, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Botanique, FIBER, De Brakke Grond

Brahim Tall – Choir of Dissonance

During his resi­d­en­cy in M Leuven Brahim Tall focu­sed on stra­te­gies to trans­form the view of the black body. This resul­ted in a sound instal­la­ti­on whe­re voi­ces blend into a spa­ce-fil­ling, vibra­ting pre­sen­ce — balan­cing bet­ween har­mo­ny, dis­so­nan­ce and chaos.

Practical
➤ Friday 16 May, Saturday 17 May
➤ 11:00 — 18:00 (con­ti­nuous)
➤ Location: M Leuven (room: 1B)

Nazanin Noori — EVERY SORROW EVERY END / A HOLLOW SONG SUSPENDED

Practical
➤ Friday 16 May, Saturday 17 May
➤ 11:00 — 18:00 (con­ti­nuous)
➤ Location: M Leuven (room: PLATFORM), Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28
➤ EVERY SORROW EVERY END / A HOLLOW SONG SUSPENDED’ is co-com­mis­si­o­ned and pro­du­ced by Auto Italia South East and Hear Here Live (STUK & M Leuven).