Q-O2 News :: Oscillation ::: Materia Forma 30/04 – 05/05

This year’s edition is hosted by VK Vaartkapoen in Molenbeek, complemented with outings to [removed] in Anderlecht and the Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Church. The six days feature concerts, (in-situ) performances, a conference, round table conversations, walks, and a series of workshops. The complete line-up and breakdown per day will go online soon, as will the ticket sale for seperate days. Festival passes are already available here.

This year, we reflect on form, format and performance. The self-evidence of an active performance linked to music has been altered with the ubiquity of electronic instruments and forms of amplification, which has also resulted in a larger variety of concert formats. Yet, absence of activity on stage does not equate to an absence of performance: objects might take that role, everyday events can be framed to perform themselves, sounds may exist as forms in themselves. Degrees of reality morph, appear, and disappear.

Featuring:

Ahnjili Zhuparris, Ana María Romano G., Bojana Czević, Enrico Malatesta, Floris Vanhoof, Franziska Windisch, Giulia Rae, Jana Rush, Jaqueline Nova, Ji Youn Kang, Jonáš Gruska, Laura Mello, Lea Bertucci, Lee Patterson & Pak Yan Lau, Liew Niyomkarn, Margarida Garcia, Michiko Ogawa & Lucy Railton, Nika Son, Nina Garcia/Mariachi, Rim Irscheid, Sandar Tun Tun, Shamica Ruddock & Hannan Jones, Tetsuya Umeda, Tom Malmendier & Emilie Škrijelj, Valentina Vuksic, and Victoria Shen.