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diff --git a/content/blog/mikromusik2015.rst b/content/blog/mikromusik2015.rst index 014beb3..22250bf 100644 --- a/content/blog/mikromusik2015.rst +++ b/content/blog/mikromusik2015.rst @@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ Mikromusik 2015 | No seriously, if you ever find yourself working on a large-scale technical setup, involving many acoustic guitars, that have to be amplified, plan ahead accordingly. | Gustavo's installation space was the attic and spire of |sophien_kirche|, which further complicated the whole story due to long cable lines (we ended up making a couple of hundred meters of custom cables). | We got ready just in time for the opening. -| The result (TODO: sound examples) however was very mystic and dreamy sound wise (just as the name suggests). -| Gustavo just recently made a few more proper recordings of the aeolic effect in his work studio (TODO: link). As you can hear, he really put some thought into the strings and how to excite them. +| The resulting |dreaming_smetak_audio| however was very mystic and dreamy sound wise (just as the name suggests). +| You can find a |dreaming_smetak_pictures| (some by me) and a |dreaming_smetak_video|, that further explain the whole thing. +| File under: Worth it! | | This was not my only involvement with the festival, though. | During setting up |dreaming_smetak|, Gustavo and I could listen already to the rehearsals of the in-house choir (not too bad actually!) and of |quatuor_diotima| (an excellent string quartett) below us in the nave, which I would record later on. @@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ Mikromusik 2015 | The chapel is semi-open to the outside, consisting of wooden bars, marking an oval space (much like a wooden prison... weird concept for a chapel, right?), enclosing a concrete building (also ovally shaped). | This plus rain is pretty much speaker apocalypse and makes you get all paranoid about those Meyer UPL-1. | Although I didn't hear much of Karen's piece, I dealt with the technical setup of another installation/ performance of hers earlier this year. -| She is a very interesting and nice person, collecting sound scapes from all over the world, that she turns into pieces. +| She is a nice person to work with, collecting sound scapes from all over the world, that she turns into pieces. | Another interesting place of involvement for us was the |elisabeth_kirche|, a bombed out church in Berlin-Mitte, that has seen only mild renovations to now house concerts, perfomances and installations. | There, we dealt with the gentlemen John Tilbury and Eddie Prévost of AMM and Mazen Kerbaj, Sharif Sehnaoui and Raed Yassin of A-Trio (both alone and in combination: |amm_a_trio_aamm|), alongside Boris Filanovsky and Arno Fabre showcasing |componiums_la_machine_fleuve|. | The first two needed a classical concert setup, in which we took care of the sometimes very dynamic output and a recording for |deutschlandradio_kultur|, the latter, as a performance piece, based upon a cyclist-driven multitude of music boxes, needed some fine tuning for the piezos in use. @@ -39,6 +40,18 @@ Mikromusik 2015 | In respective, I'm still astounded by how much has been accomplished by so few people. | Although obviously planning of such events can always be better, much can still be pushed towards a good direction by applying some hard work! +.. |dreaming_smetak_video| raw:: html + + <a href="https://vimeo.com/140917422" target="_blank">video documentation</a> + +.. |dreaming_smetak_pictures| raw:: html + + <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/137013791@N05/sets/72157659463917429/" target="_blank">series of pictures</a> + +.. |dreaming_smetak_audio| raw:: html + + <a href="https://soundcloud.com/gustavo-alfaix/sets/dreaming-smetak-2015" target="_blank">audio</a> + .. [#] The church interior would actually prove as great fun to every Illuminati fan. .. |daad| raw:: html @@ -67,7 +80,7 @@ Mikromusik 2015 .. |quatuor_diotima| raw:: html - <a href="http://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/de/veranstalt_detail.php?id=1826" target="_blank">"Quatuor Diotima"</a> + <a href="http://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/de/veranstalt_detail.php?id=1826" target="_blank">Quatuor Diotima</a> .. |amm_a_trio_aamm| raw:: html |