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
➤ 11:30 – 14:00
➤ Location: BAC ART LAB, Vital Decosterstraat 102
➤ Free with reser­va­ti­on via this link
➤ Language: English

Programme
➤ 11:30: Coffee & lunch buf­fet
➤ 12:00: Talks
Welcome: Gilles Helsen (STUK, Hear Here), Valerie Verhack (M Leuven), Jarl Schulp (Neighbouring Frequencies)
Talk: Linnea Semmerling: ​“On archi­ving & pre­sen­ting his­to­ri­cal sound art”
Panel dis­cus­si­on (mode­ra­ted by Leonie Persyn): Linnea Semmerling (researcher), Edwin van der hei­de (artist), Giulia Vismara (Musica/​Klankenbos)
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
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 15 May
➤ 15:00
➤ Duration: 20 minu­tes
➤ Location: M Leuven (room: Forum), Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28

Cevdet Erek — çepe­çer­çe­ve

Artist and musi­cian Cevdet Erek brings together a series of adap­ted musi­cal instru­ments as sculp­tu­res in a muse­um hall, which he acti­va­tes in a live per­for­man­ce that enga­ges with visitors.

Practical
➤ Friday 15 May
➤ 16:00
➤ Duration: tbc
➤ Location: M Leuven (room: 1.H), Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28

Limpe Fuchs & Mark Fell

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
➤ Saturday 17 May
➤ Continuous
➤ Location: M Leuven (room: 1B)