Event detail
Le Disque, Frederic Acquaviva - An music event staged simultaneously in 8 different countries
The Music
Le Disque is a global music piece of 8 parts, each part has a duration of 40 minutes. This work explores combinations between the vocal the instrumental and the electronic. The harpsichord has been chosen to represent the whole musical World. This contemporary composition uses the harpsichords’ baroque provenance and counterbalances it with voice and contemporary electronic music.
Vocal - Acquaviva spent a 2 month residency voluntarily locked in “The Dungeon of Mistress Cindy” in Paris, whilst on his residency he recorded the voice of a voluntarily tortured German subject. Acquaviva uses these recordings, his own voice and recordings of elderly women in a Psychiatric Hospital for the Vocal sections of this work.
Instrumental - Acquaviva choose to play the harpsichord for the first time, these recordings were then re-worked using a computer. Please note that the whole music is based on the absence of dynamics of harpsichord, seen as a global model for the piece, meaning in each part of 40 minutes there is either total silence or extreme levels of sound.
Electronic - Here Acquaviva works with what he calls “unlooped loops” the break core loops were cut to avoid any beats, therefore only having impulses. He plays a specially designed light sensitive electronic device. This piece is based on circuit bending and creating sound through a device that responds to gesture through light detection.
In the 8 differnt venues curators and artists will introduce the concert - Acquaviva will introduce the work in New York.
Charles Webber will introduce the work in London at The Old Police Station in Deptford.
8 different Locations
The Old Police Station, London (England), Introduced by Charles Webber, 114 Amersham Vale, London, SE1 46LG, UK
Palazzo Bertalazone, Torino (Italy) A wonderful XVII° palazzo, Introduced by Fabio Freddi, Via S. Francesco d’Assisi n.14, 10122 Torino (+39 011 5538799) www.palazzobertalazone.com
Machfeld Studio, Wien (Austria), Artist’s studio, Introduced by Sabine Maier, Max Winter Platz 21/1, 1020 Wien. www.machfeld.net
Complice Gallery, Berlin (Germany) A sound gallery, Introduced by Sabine Schall and Ingken Wagner, Banschstrase 20, 10247, Berlin
Heart Fine Art, Edinburgh (Scotland) The concert will be held in this huge domestic gym room, Introduced by Paul Robertson, 11c Murieston Lane, EH11 2LX, UK
Venue TBC, New York (USA)
Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich (Switzerland) The historical first Dada Venue, Introduced by Michael Hiltbrunner Spiegelgasse 1, 8001, Zurich www.cabaretvoltaire.ch
Casa Lidya Wangalwa, Iwana (Kenya) A crowded village in Kenya where contemporary music will be heard for first time, Introduced by Lidya Wangalwa, Casa Wangalwa, Iwanda
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