trip to 5986Narrenschiff asteroid
for Ensemble, Video and Audio - track, Dans
for Ensemble, Video and Audio - track, Dans
We have two kinds of madness. One comes from the hell, the other one has nothing in common with this, it comes from me and everyone wants it.
Erasmus van Rotterdam 1509
Erasmus van Rotterdam 1509
In Folia, the observer journeys along on an imaginary voyage aboard the Ship of Fools.
The Ship of Fools, a popular theme of medieval satirical art and literature, still evokes many associations. Innocent 'cartoons' from a distant past take us along the scenic route to the madness of contemporary reality. Refugees embark on the crossing to Europe by boat, inevitably resulting in dramatic consequences.
Past and present overlap in Folia's music as well. Resounding are bits and pieces of la Folia: originally a wild dance and one of the oldest themes in Europan music history. The ensemble of six, consisting of both historical and contemporary instruments, transforms into a 'prepared-hands ensemble' during virtuose and rhythmic cadenzas. The focus is shifted towards an 'instrumental theatre' of hands, fingers and objects.
Folia is an expedition through the imagination of the artist, the composer, the eccentric, the madman? It is an associative search for the mechanisms of the creative process. Images show eyes, hands and handwriting. We hear voices, different languages; sometimes unrecognizable. A palimpsest of sound, image, language and script that invites the observer to make associations or to simply be swept away by a searing dance.
The Ship of Fools, a popular theme of medieval satirical art and literature, still evokes many associations. Innocent 'cartoons' from a distant past take us along the scenic route to the madness of contemporary reality. Refugees embark on the crossing to Europe by boat, inevitably resulting in dramatic consequences.
Past and present overlap in Folia's music as well. Resounding are bits and pieces of la Folia: originally a wild dance and one of the oldest themes in Europan music history. The ensemble of six, consisting of both historical and contemporary instruments, transforms into a 'prepared-hands ensemble' during virtuose and rhythmic cadenzas. The focus is shifted towards an 'instrumental theatre' of hands, fingers and objects.
Folia is an expedition through the imagination of the artist, the composer, the eccentric, the madman? It is an associative search for the mechanisms of the creative process. Images show eyes, hands and handwriting. We hear voices, different languages; sometimes unrecognizable. A palimpsest of sound, image, language and script that invites the observer to make associations or to simply be swept away by a searing dance.
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Tiptoe Company is a young ensemble focused on contemporary chamber music for surprising instrumental combinations. 'Delicate' instruments such as acoustic guitar, double bass, recorder, harp and cello are combined. From this year on, Tiptoe Company is ensemble in residence at ChampdAction production platform to enable and coproduce some of their more technically demanding projects.
Ruth Van Killegem: recorder and objects Jona Kesteleyn: guitar and objects Pieter Lenaerts: bass, electric bassguitar and objects Seraphine Stragier: cello and objects Tom De Cock : percussion and objects Guy Penson: harpsichord Maurizio Pisati: live electronics Muziek: Maurizio Pisati (10 "folias" alternated with cadenza's of a "prepared-handsensemble), Antonio Vivaldi (La Follia) Video and Audio Track: Maurizio Pisati Partners: ChampdAction and MAfestival |