Have you ever thought how would it be if you could see the process of thought, the process of thinking? How would it feel? To be inside a brain. To see it in all its glorious action. Experiencing the performance, looking and listening, of the “Lichtenberg Figures” it was as close to this experience. The…
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A different kind of Vortex
So this curious speckle was on Friday at WIELS for Rosas+ICTUS’ Work/Travail/Arbeid. Although I could only spend couple of hours, in a way I think I had the luck to experience to quite an extent the piece. The work. Coming to the exhibition, I tried having as little expectations possible – as difficult as that…
Art of Performance: Liquid Room #6
Boy oh boy oh boy! If in Berlin, or anywhere near and around, don’t miss the chance to experience ICTUS ensemble‘ Liquid Room VI! Pointing out possible variations for perception of temporality, this 4 hour multiple stage spectacle is just perfect for those who see, listen and feel music as possibility to combine experiencing pleasure+thought……
Capturing the very essence of natural movements
“capturing the very essence of natural movements. In the movements of each piece, every part is necessary. In that respect, the form follows the function. My work is the manifestation of ideas that come to me from the natural world. The grace and form of all living things, and the way they interact, leaves me…
strincussion [strings+percussion] = magic
Yaybahar – completely acoustic, electronics free, instrument designed by Görkem Şen, with sounds like electronic universe of stones and metal.
The birth of the Clapping (music)
“A late evening in Brussels, 1972, Steve Reich attends an ill-performed night of flamenco in a cheap nightclub. He and his ensemble deride the playing, grimace through the singing but are suddenly struck by a moment of epiphany as the dancers bring hands together in the corrillo for a section of Palmas. Walking out into…
The Spectacular Vortex
“Music, said Grisey (who died in 1998 at 52) is made with sounds, not notes. You might say that Ms. de Keersmaeker’s movement in Vortex is made with movement, not steps. … Nothing in this music is arbitrary, and you can only marvel at the prowess and rigor of the musicians, playing through this thicket of…
Beautiful Thinking
” “Eunoia” is a performance that uses my brainwaves — collected via EEG sensor– to manipulate the motions of water. It derives from the Greek word “eu” (well) + “nous” (mind) meaning “beautiful thinking”. Electroencephalography (EEG) is a brainwave detecting sensor. It measures frequencies of my brain activity (Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, Theta) relating to…
Dancing in the Rain. Inside.
Dancers from Wayne McGregor | Random Dance inhabited rAndom International’s acclaimed Rain Room installation in the Barbican’s Curve gallery, performing continuously evolving interventions in the Rain, with a score by contemporary composer Max Richter.