Launch audio walk app, presentations by Marija Rasa, Limpe Fuchs & Valérie Vivancos
workspace for experimental music and sound art
Midsummer
The sun is reaching its peak: summer solstice is exactly only one hour away of us sending this newsletter. The build-up towards it during these last days was intense in our sunbathing mid-city office, still, seeing Brussels in this euphoric light, it ever remains a privilege. To celebrate this seasonal shift, we provide the launch of the new audio walk app Tracks, apost-residency presentation by Marija Rasa, a look back at Oscillation ::: o tempo in pictures, and a post-residency concert by Limpe Fuchs & Valérie Vivancos.
Audio walk 23 June – 16h: audio walk @ Kiosk Radio (Parc Royal/Warandepark) / 17h: presentation @ Beursschouwburg – free Launch Tracks audio walks app An initiative by Beursschouwburg, BNA-BBOT, Jubilee, Overtoon, Q-O2, and Soundtrackcity. Tracks is the new application to discover a variety of sound artists and musicians and the walks they create – seamlessly with your smartphone. On June 23rd, we will present Tracks to the public in Brussels, listening to a special audio walk while walking from Kiosk Radio (16h) to Beursschouwburg. This launch event features an immersive audio walking experience as well as a presentation in Beursschouwburg’s Zilveren Zaal (17h) and a drink + OUT LOUD concerts [removed];Come prepared: download Tracks on your smartphone and bring headphones.
Post-residency presentation 28 June – 18h – free – @ Q-O2 Marija Rasa
In this upcoming presentation, Marija Rasa will introduce bee there – a new sound piece (in progress) in the ongoing Microlands series, consisting of compositions for multichannel audio setups. In these pieces, she sculpts fictional soundscapes out of delicate noise, electronic sounds, and field recordings of quiet places. This time, the main focus of the piece revolves around recordings of bees during both day and night, as well as the honey harvesting process. By attentively assembling the sounds of bees and electronic sounds using a micro montage approach, she aims to create aural spaces that rely on the interplay of movement, gestures, and temporal dynamics within physical space. The arrangement of eight loudspeakers becomes a symbolic body that mediates between the sounds and their unfolding journey. There will be an opportunity to savor the harvested honey after the presentation to celebrate the intricate wonders of the natural world!
Post-residency presentation Limpe Fuchs & Valérie Vivancos 8 July – 18h – free – @ Q-O2 Following a long-distance musical collaboration, which resulted in an album, studio rehearsals a first residency and a performance at the last Oscillation Festival, Limpe Fuchs and Valerie Vivancos, wish to explore new ways to improvise together. Their research is mainly based on voice work and objects, whether it be acoustic or electroacoustic ones, including metal, wood and stone.