concert 10 June – 19h30 (8€/4€) – at iMAL (Koolmijnenkaai 30 Quai des Charbonnages, 1080 Bxl) Klankvorm presents Kinetic Sounds Compositions by Anni Nops, Julian Edwardes, Rotor, Macular, Floris Vanhoof, Giulia Francavilla, Daan Johan. ‘Kinetic Sounds’ can be seen as a mechanical version of an orchestra or as a fully automated ensemble of robotic musicians which all have their own sound, character and movement. Due to the ‘open content’ character of the installation, makers and artists can compose new sound pieces and live performances for the installation. [more info and tickets]
Second Sundays #31 12 June – 17h (doors 16h30) – free ugne&maria 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. For its thirty-first edition, Second Sundays invites Brussels-based duo ugne&maria for a listening session exploring an assemblage of different sound events, forms and contexts. Through simultaneously layering several selected pieces and sound works, the newly built soundscape offers a possibility for an immersive sonic experience.
post-residency presentation and concert 18 June – 18h – free Lia Mazzari & Teresa Cos Post Residency Presentation/Celebration: Whip cracks listening session — Lia Mazzari will play and comment her little anthology of whip cracks, which she has collected in many different places over the past few years, and which she has worked with during her residency. The presentation will be followed by a concert of Lia on amplified cello together with Teresa Cos on electric guitar. [more info]
walk 9 July – 14h Forest-village: archipel d’habitats – walk with Jérôme Giller
In this walk, Jérôme Giller proposes to survey the bottom of Forest by connecting blocks of habitation that allow us to understand the historical, sociological and economic evolution of of the industrial area, distributed around the railway line 124 which connects Brussels to Charleroi. Free upon registration: Starting point of the walk: Union tram stop (line 82 and 97): Avenue Van Volxem 208 / 1190 Forest.
listen 21 Tracks for the 21st Century: Dora Benyo HART magazine and Q-O2 join forces with 21 Tracks for the 21st Century, a series of playlists to gear ourselves for our present century. We ask our guests: what music does this century need? As tonic, as engine-fuel, as rhythm, as common ground, as ballast? Each time, we invite one artist, thinker or musician to prepare a playlist of those sounds, songs and pieces of music that will best arm their listeners with the tools to approach what is left of this young century. For this month’s edition, we invited painter and video and performance artist Dóra Benyó, who put together a two-part playlist featuring sounds from the Hungarian underground and pop scenes from the 60s to the 80s and beyond. [listen here]
contribute: Alisa Oleva : Listening Diary
Wherever you are in the world, this collective Listening Diary is an invitation to pause, listen and note down what you hear in this precise moment of time. You can take just a moment to listen or you can choose to do it for 10 minutes, half an hour or more. You can come back any time on a different day as well. You are also welcome to come and just read what others are hearing. [more info]