Performer, composer and vocalist Myriam Van Imschoot speaks about her recent work, and her fascination for the voice in its most pristine forms. She comments on audio excerpts of some of her last performances.

With the support of the Flemish Community (Culturele Activiteiten Premie)

Myriam Van Imschoot ::: Radio Transmission

Daphne Oram (1925−2003) was a com­pos­er and one of the cen­tral fig­ures of ear­ly British elec­troa­coustic music. She was involved in the found­ing of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (1958−1998), devel­oped the pho­to­elec­tric ​“drawn sound” syn­the­siz­er Oramics, and left many impor­tant com­po­si­tions. This talk high­lights her most cre­ative peri­od, from set­ting up her own record­ing stu­dio in Kent in the end of the 1950s, to the con­struc­tion of the Oramics Machine and the pub­lish­ing of her book An Individual Note: Of Music, Sound and Electronics, towards the end of the 1970s.

In the frame of Oscillation Festival 2021 ::: Tuned Circuits
http://www.oscillation-festival.be/2021/

Anna Steiden ::: Tuned Visions: The British Electronic Music Pioneer Daphne Oram

Can we hear the cos­mos in music? Would music be its beat­ing heart? 
This talk is an explo­ration of the sur­pris­ing links between the his­to­ry of Western music and the his­to­ry of astron­o­my, all with­in a broad­er ques­tion about of our human ​“need for the cos­mos”. The talk tracks and sam­ples music from ancient rit­u­als to the pop­u­lar music of the moment, includ­ing jazz, ambi­ent and var­i­ous types of so-called ​“clas­si­cal” music. (Talk in French)

In the frame of Oscillation Festival 2021 ::: Tuned Circuits
http://www.oscillation-festival.be/2021/

Pierre Deruisseau ::: Un Cosmos Musical

A talk about Gruska’s dive into mycol­o­gy — his ear­ly years of for­ag­ing for mush­rooms with his grand­par­ents, cook­ing para­sol mush­rooms in the forests of Bratislava, grow­ing oys­ter mush­rooms on waste, lab­o­ra­to­ry work, med­i­c­i­nal mush­rooms and more.

In the frame of Oscillation Festival 2021 ::: Tuned Circuits
http://www.oscillation-festival.be/2021/

Jonas Gruska ::: Fungal Paths

The project Agripuncture / Sore Spot Songs is inspired by tra­di­tions of post­war vic­to­ry gar­dens, Vedic mantras, and botan­i­cal heal­ing. During per­for­ma­tive ​“Agripuncture” work­shops, Sarah van Lamsweerde, Esther Mugambi and Raoul Carrer invite local guests to feel the sore spots in our city and think how can we col­lec­tive­ly care for them.
Transposing the neigh­bour­hood map on to the rooftop gar­den of Q‑O2, they talk and sing songs old and new about expe­ri­ences of the Canal zone while walk­ing amongst a sen­so­r­i­al array of ground­cov­ers and med­i­c­i­nal plants.

In the frame of Oscillation Festival 2021 ::: Tuned Circuits
http://www.oscillation-festival.be/2021/

Sarah van Lamsweerde, Esther Mugambi & Raoul Carrer ::: Agripuncture / Sore Spot Songs

What are you lis­ten­ing for? to? ​‘Listening Past’ is a performance<>lecture secret­ly serv­ing as an ali­bi tap­ping those always as-yet-unknown lines to sig­nal that the future leaks. Fixed, homoge­nous time assumes a standard(ized) pro­gres­sive flow where what is next always comes after what is before. But, will there not have been count­less moments of achronic­i­ty when signs of antic­i­pa­tion can be (mis)heard in reverse (à la Pierre Menard & Bayard)?
To access the pro­gram note in French, Dutch and English that accom­pa­nied this talk, go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukDoaZwKfxw&feature=youtu.be

In the frame of Oscillation Festival 2021 ::: Tuned Circuits
http://www.oscillation-festival.be/2021/

Lendl Barcelos ::: Listening Past

Thirty international feminist contributors, individuals or collectives, were asked to send a short recording on fascism and the importance of feminist struggle against it. The multi-lingual collection of recordings is scored by sound sculptor AGF. Intro by Angela Dimitrakaki. First broadcasted on Documenta14 / savvyfunk radio on 28 June 2017. With: AGF, Cecilia Vicuña, Angela Dimitrakaki, Shubigi Rao, The Organisation of United African Women and more.

Antye Greie aka AGF or poemproducer is a vocalist, musician, composer, producer and new media artist. She has been exploring speech and spoken word combined with electronic music as well as working on sound installations, pop songs, calligraphy and her website poemproducer.com.
http://antyegreie.com/

poemproducer aka AGF & International Antifascist Feminist Front

Hear / Sound impressions inspired by Haikus

With a mix of live made concrete sounds, archival online sounds, instruments and voice, we trail the haikus through different moods.

What I miss most during this strange period is making music with others, travelling for it and sharing it. My focus is pretty limited these days, and haikus are like little candies. Full of images (and thus sounds), short, but savory.

Travelling to long ago times, real or imagined places, in dreams or short stories. Making sense and non sense, only to create a poetic sound environment that tickles the imagination.

Noise, words, ears.

Join in my escape of our current times and tune in together.

CREDITS:

Concept, music, foley, voice: Pak Yan Lau
Harp, foley, whispering: Vera Cavallin
Foley, voice, Italian haikus: Lucia Palladino
Foley, Voice narrator: Henry Andersen
Presenting: Caroline Profanter
Sound: Ludo Engels

Haikus used in PART I and II, taken from:

– Basho The Complete Haiku / Matsuo Basho / translated by Jane Reichhold / Publisher: Kodansha International
– http://www.graceguts.com/haiku-and-senryu/music-and-sound-haiku
– https://tenthousandhaiku.com/ by Calvin Olsen
- Archival soundsource from BBC Archive: dragonfly, all kind of ringtones phones, Arabic crowd, Hong Kong street market, Rainforest night

Haikus used in Part III written by Lucia Palladino

 
With the support of Flemish Community Activation Fund.

Pak Yan Lau ::: Add wings to a pepper to make a dragonfly

Q-O2 is a Brussels based workspace for experimental contemporary music and sound art. Q-O2 develops projects in collaboration with national and international artists and arts organizations, hosts artists in-residence, and holds performances and concerts. 
http://www.q-o2.be

poemproducer aka AGF & International Antifascist Feminist Front

Q-O2

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