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…

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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…

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