For those suffering from withdrawal symptoms after Oscillation festival, here’s the Q-O2 train ready to pick you up again, with no less than three events in the next two weeks: our yearly Showcase Emerging Sound in Leuven this Thursday with Anouk Kellner, Pavel Tchikov, Lawrence McGuire and Kaat Vanhaverbeke, the golden jubilee edition of Second Sundays series with Franziska Windisch & Paul Gründorfer on Sunday and a a post-residency tour through nearby parks and urban public spaces with performances by multilogue (Jiyun Park, Sybella Perry, Hye Young Sin, Franziska Windisch).

Each year, STUK & Q-O2 present a showcase of new sound art in Belgium. Four promising sound artists were selected and put in the spotlights: Anouk Kellner, Pavel Tchikov, Lawrence McGuire & Kaat Vanhaverbeke. They get residency space, artistic feedback and present their work in a parcours during the Showcase Emerging Sound 2024. Installation open at 19h, concert starts at 20h sharp. Register here for free.

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The 50th iteration of Second Sundays will be provided by our two current artists in residency: Franziska Windisch & Paul Gründorfer.

Second Sundays is a monthly series initiated by Q-O2. Each session a new guest is invited to share an insight into their own listening, playing and speaking about a selection of sound and music that is important to their thinking or practice. The sessions try to put value on listening to recorded music in a social setting as a space for discussion. The series takes place on the second Sunday of every month,. Each session is paired with a cocktail-of-the-month, as decided by the invited guest.

Cocktail of the month: Mezcal Sour

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multilogue will present four sound performances for multiple performers, developed during a week-long residency. Starting at Q-02, the audience will be guided on a tour through nearby parks and urban public spaces for which these performances have been conceived.

multilogue (Jiyun Park, Sybella Perry, Hye Young Sin, Franziska Windisch) is a collective of four artists based in Köln, Berlin and Brussels with a shared interest in sound, space, movement and interaction. In this collaborative framework, they develop individual pieces simultaneously while continuously rotating the roles of author and performer.

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This second extended edition of the book on composer Éliane Radigue adds a new chapter to the otherwise unchanged conversations which made the body of the first edition, published in 2019. The book is available at the Q-O2 workspace and via Les Presses du Réel. More information on the umland website.

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Mittwoch 15.05.2024, 18 Uhr
Öffentliche Führung mit Yann Freichels & Brenda Guesnet

Entdecken Sie unsere aktuelle Ausstellung Yann Freichels: DANS L’EMPIRE DE L’EMPEREUR TOMATO KETCHUP als Teil einer öffentlichen Führung, mit IKOB-Kuratorin Brenda Guesnet und in Anwesenheit des Künstlers.

Die Führung ist kostenlos und findet auf Deutsch statt. Dauer ca. 45 Minuten. Es ist keine Voranmeldung erforderlich. Über einen freiwilligen Beitrag freuen wir uns natürlich!

Die Ausstellung Yann Freichels: DANS L’EMPIRE DE L’EMPEREUR TOMATO KETCHUP läuft noch bis zum 09.06.2024. Wir haben Dienstags bis Sonntags, 13-18 Uhr geöffnet.

Sonntag 02.06.2024, 13 Uhr
KIDS UNITE
Filmmarathon zur Ausstellung von Yann Freichels

Im Fokus des Filmprogramms Kids Unite stehen Aufstände, durchgeführt oder inspiriert von Protagonist:innen unterschiedlicher Epochen.

PROGRAMM

13:30 Der Pfeifer von Niklashausen
15:00 Führung durch die Ausstellung mit Yann Freichels und Kuratorin Brenda Guesnet
16:00 Zéro de Conduite + Überraschung
17:30 Born in Flames

Anlässlich des Open Art Sunday, der Kunstroute im Dreiländereck der Euregio Maas-Rhein. Mehr Informationen hier.

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Sehnsucht mit Yann Freichels

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Dear post-Oscillation ::: Materia Forma molecules,
 
Ah, the notorious post-Oscillation blues bliss, the final phase of the wild transformation we went through last week. It hangs gently veiled over the Q-O2 office, all the improv brilliance, noise ingeniousness, heartbreaks, sour footwork legs, cathartic sundown arpeggios and warm-hearted patio hangouts still fresh in mind after the festival’s culmination on Sunday in the precious B********** A***S. For those who missed parts of our festivities, by tradition, some recordings will go online soon.

It seems the appropriate time to do a big round of thank-yous: to our dearest interns (Emilia, Maria, Leo and Z <3333), the VK team, Amber and Lukas of B********** A***S, père Etienne, Underbelly bookshop, and, all of you who joined us in this celebration. It is the biotope of us altogether that makes this festival the blissful shape it is.
 
No miscellaneous, puzzle or lifestyle section in this last bulletin, but a final image to take away from this edition: a Q-O2 team member convincingly announcing this festival edition the best edition ever during Sunday’s sunset. Was it partly the influence of exhaustion and the first mild sunburn of the season? Probably. But who are we to contradict him?
 
See you in one orbit around the sun,

The Oscillation Team

Dear endurance listeners,

The Oscillation diehards are feeling it this morning, five days is a lot of festival. Jana Rush’s footwork acrobatism, Valentina Vuksic’s stress procedure glitches, Sandar Tun Tun’s proper misuse of cdj’s, Ji Youn Kang’s cross-wired xylophone noise outbursts and Franziska Windisch’s fascinating formal insights got us perplexed once again. 

To keep the fire burning right to the end, we asked four Oscillation veterans to give us their tips , the results of which you can read below, as well as the announcement of the winner of the first Oscillation ‘works on paper’ competition. But, there is of course only one true way to cure the upcoming post-Oscillation blues: come to the beautiful B********** A***S (every performance is taking place in a different space), where there’s food (moussaka and petit sandwiches for €7 – bring cash!), an incredible patio, and our program starting at 15:00 :::

Today’s timetable:

15:00: Conversation #3 w/ Liew Niyomkarn, Jonáš Gruska, Pak Yan Lau. Moderated by Natasha Pirard: 
16:00: Emilie Škrijelj & Tom Malmendier: The duo presents Presque île, a small autonomous shape that casts a unique, sensitive and poetic artistic look on a territory. Snare drum, objects, small accordions and mouth organ mingle with a near and far natural soundscape.
17:00: Nika Son: Scatter is a multi-channel sound performance with video, objects, and light. In her work, Nika Son observes the realms of sleeplessness (insomnia), flickering between fatigue, restlessness and yearning.
18:30: Tetsuya Umeda: For Oscillation, Umeda will make a cylindrical sound sculpture from ordinary objects like tins, nets, stove, and rice. The sculpture’s unexpected sounds and simple processes are influenced by the idea of “Narikama”, an ancient Japanese ritual performed for 500 years.
19:30: Jonáš Gruska: A performance exploring generative, algorithmic, or chaotic patterns, speaker choreography, psychoacoustic effects and ultrasonic parametric speakers via a custom built sound reproducing tower. A world premiere, with an instrument constructed specifically for this occasion.

•´¯`•» Festival tips from Oscillation veterans «•´¯`•

Tip 1: Each night when you get home from Oscillation, seperate two eggs, cure them in a bath of soy sauce and mirin and eat them uncooked next with a bowl of short grain rice. (Note from the editor: Yuck!)

Tip 2: Pace your hangouts. Spend no more than 2 jetons between concerts and focus on only one conversation. Misantropy is the father of stamina.

Tip 3: Sleep? Keep it to a minimum. Early night? No, stay for the footwork moves. Afternoon nap? Never – be on time for the conversations.  A body fed with content will never tire.

Tip 4: Pack your sunglasses. You’ll look ‘cool’, and you unlock the option of having clandestine naps during sets.

𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ‘𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫’ 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

Thanks for all the submissions for our inaugural ‘works on paper’ showcase. There were many amazing submissions, but there can only be one winner: Vanessa de Michelis’s rendering of Bojana Cvejić Listening, transindividually talk. Our esteemed jury has this to say about her work:

“With its elegant line drawing, reminiscent of Jean Cocteau or early Warhol, this drawing perfectly captures the approachable but impassioned topic of Bojana’s talk, envisioning the universal in the mundane. The inclusion of the collage element of the conference ticket boldly ruptures the pictorial space with an infusing of the real. The drawing poses the provocation that the negative space of the image might be a space of political potential.”

Dear dwellers of the netherworld,

Saturated? Of course we aren’t. Day 5 of the festival is kicking of at VK Vaartkapoen in a couple of hours, fulling us already with a premature sense of melancholy for the patio hangouts soon to end. As for tomorrow’s grandiose finale, we’re at B********** A***S. For those needing some cosmic guidance in these last 2 days of the festival, our in-house astrology department has compiled this helpful horoscope at the bottom of this bulletin.

Today’s timetable:

18:30 Conversation #2: Floris Vanhoof, Ji Youn Kang, Nika Son. Moderated by Natasha Pirard.
20:00 Franziska Windisch: The complex relationship between score and event lies at the core of this lecture performance, which examines the theoretical concept of “Open Form”, formulated by Polish architect, artist, and lecturer Oskar Hansen (1922–2005).
20:45 Valentina Vuksic: Improvisation with/in the electromagnetics of computers ° e-smog disco ° running stress procedures for system health check inside of linux shell.
22:00 Ji Youn Kang: In Cross-wired Xylophone, Ji Youn Kang explores minimal digital components commonly used in analogue circuits, such as logic gates and shift registers, seeking unconventional combinations that extend their original characteristics by intentionally introducing “errors”.
22:30 Sandar Tun Tun: EDITS is a sensual dive steeped in melancholy and raw intensity. Sparked by gestures at once improvised and orchestrated, a score emerges through the performative misuse of digital turntables. The accompanying light performance is provided by Lui L’Abatte.
23:30 Jana Rush: Chicago born and raised, Jana Rush started Djing at the tender age of ten. Her MPC 7635 EP, released on Objects Ltd., received attention for her mind-bending drum acrobatics. Her 2017 debut album Pariah was lauded as one of the best albums of the year by Resident Advisor, The Wire, and Crack Magazine.

Providing your ears tonight with a fine cuisine soundtrack during hangouts: Q-O2’s hyperregulars Michele Giovanni and Kim Laugs.
 

Airies (March 21 – April 19)
If Anna Maria’s set last night has taught us anything, it’s that change can be unexpecred and rapid. Lay the ground to ensure that you’re always in the sweet spot to gather life’s riches.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20)
Some call it stubbornness, others perserverence. Channel your inner Floris Van Hoof and don’t get distracted by the projections of others.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20)
Your festival experience is about keeping things in balance. Like the sun and the moon, like Shamica Ruddock and Hannan Jones, like day and night, what’s brought into the space with equilibrium, will last the test of time.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
Cancer is the caretaker, it reminds you to pay attention to work that happens behind the scenes. What would this festival be without the calm hands of Ludo Engels riding the faders without haste or impulsion?

Leo (July 23 – August 22)
Cosmic passion and steadfast loyalty, with a jovial grace. This festival’s interns—Maria, Emilia, Z and Leo—form a constellation by which even the most fatigued of sailors might find their way home.

Virgo (August 23 -September 22)
Logical, practical, systematic? Not us, but thankfully Q-O2’s administrative steward Christel Simons — presiding gracefully over the ticket desk — is there beside us to keep the chaos at bay.

Libra (September 23 – October 22)
Harmony and balance are not only the tools to take with you into a 13 channel sound set up. Like Giulia Rae forever reminds us, they are ways of living too. Don’t rush, take time, and things will unfold with a depth of colour you never dreamed of.

Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)
Scorpio reminds us to be uncompromising and precise. Like Valentina Vuksic showed us in her workshop yesterday, pushing your cosmic hardware through its spiritual stress test can lead to unpredictable and beautiful horizons… if you keep the focus to listen and respond.

Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)
The quest for knoweldge underpins your movement through this year’s festival — don’t waste your time at the bar or with the smokers, it is at the Underbelly book table that you will find what your searching mind desires.

Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)
A 6 day festival asks perserverence from its listeners, but also from its venue. That we have a roof under which to listen, that we have a drink in our hands as we converse, that we have a couscous in our bellies to stade us through the journey, all this is thanks to the tenacity of the team at VK.

Aquarius (Janaury 20 – February 18)
The truly independent and humantiarian voices never leave us. If we ask them back they will be there for us, and we for them. As we take our first steps into each new evening, we take them to the rhythm of Jacqueline Nova’s still vibrant Creación de la tierra (1972) echoing behind us and through us.

Pisces (February 19 – March 20)
Your friends know you as empathetic, pleasure-seeking and romantic. No doubt you felt cosmically aligned with last nights playlist by our spritual guardian Frederic Van De Velde, which exhibited all these qualities in spades.