february 21st 20h00
Ictus Zone: Mangalam! Bozar / terarken
Ictus presents the adventurous Ictus Zone, featuring in this concert the Mangalam! Trio. This concert series (whose watchword is "constructive provocation") presents a new generation of musicians and ensembles active in contemporary music. Jean-Luc Plouvier, artistic coordinator Ictus, will provide a commentary on the concert, whose programme includes work by Philippe Hurel and by one of his pupils, Christophe Bertrand, who, sadly, died far too young.
Philippe Hurel, Step (2007) for flute, clarinet, percussion and piano
Christophe Bertrand, Virya (2003-2004) for flute, clarinet, percussion and piano
MANGALAM!
Charlotte Otte piano, Anne Davids flute, Tomonori Takeda clarinet, Thomas Plessers percussion
January 25th - 20h00 PARK by Shila Anaraki
based on a composition of Stefan Prins
a Zwerm production deSingel - theaterstudio
Think of a body in stand-by, a short-circuited thought, a human brain processing at a frequency of 5 GHz...
In PARK, six computers form a communication network that provides six performers with real- time instructions. PARK confronts the human body with a digital logic. It plays on the border between human presence and absence in technology and embodies a puzzle in which this presence and absence outline each other. With playful precision we investigate strategies for embracing, resisting, adapting, disrupting or short- circuiting these technical surroundings. Who infiltrates what, and what infiltrates whom? PARK inhabits a peculiar network, which sputters, crackles and flickers.
For PARK, Stefan Prins asked Shila Anaraki to create a performance based on his compostion Infiltrationen, for 4 electric guitars and a live-electronics performer. Central to his composition is the notion of technology infiltrating the conditio humana on several levels.
created by SHILA ANARAKI
based on a composition of STEFAN PRINS
developed in dialogue with ADVA ZAKAI
music: STEFAN PRINS, ZWERM
realised and performed by: SHILA ANARAKI, STEFAN PRINS & ZWERM (TOON CALLIER, BRUNO NELISSEN, KOBE VAN CAUWENBERGHE, JOHANNES WESTENDORP)
scenography & light: SIMON SIEGMANN
dramaturgical advice: LARS KWAKKENBOS
sound: ROEL DAS (ChampdAction)
a Zwerm production // co-production: Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt // deSingel // ChampdAction // Workspace Brussels // supported by wpZimmer // Pianofabriek kunstenwerkplaats // Cohort // with the support of the Flemish Government
Ictus & Besides with works by John Cage, François Sarhan, Henry Cowell, Newton Armstrong and Jasper & Jasper at Bozar, down in the cellar (Studio). All what you can do with four musicians, their instruments, their voices, a cactus, ikea salad bowls and yes a max patch too.
François Sarhan, Situation 7, Imagination for two voices
Henry Cowell, The Banshee for piano John Cage Child for Tree for amplified cactus and other vegetable material, Six Melodies (I, II, III), for violin and Fender Rhodes, Six Melodies (IV, V, VI), for violin and piano Jasper&Jasper, Together for narrator, sound bowl and electronics Newton Armstrong, Making One Leaf Transparent and Then Another, for piano and electronics
Ictus presents the adventurous Ictus Zone, featuring in this concert the Nadar Ensemble. The concert series (watchword: constructive provocation) presents a new generation of musicians and ensembles active in contemporary music. Under the heading Dubbelganger, the Nadar Ensemble will perform works by the composers Michael Beil and Peter Ablinger, with inspiration from kindred spirits Hanna Schygulla, Billie Holiday, and Bertolt Brecht.
Michael Beil, Mach Sieben for piano, CD and video
Michael Maierhof, Shopping 4 for three balloons
Peter Ablinger, Hannah Schygulla, Billie Holiday, Arnold Schönberg, excerpts from "Voices and Piano" for piano and CD
ICTUS ZONE is putting itself out there as a new series of concerts that always stray from the beaten track. Over six Thursday evenings between November and April Ictus features in the action without actually being on stage for every concert.
In this first series Ictus absorbs provocation and takes its inspiration from the sorts of things that occupy a new generation of musicians and groups. The results of this input are then thrown together, maybe injected with a few recent Ictus wors and then filtered.
Constructive provocation is the phrase used to describe this series, which endeavours to offer the audience new perspectives, trends and relationships.
