So… tonight was the dress rehearsal, the pre-premier if one will, of MITRA. And well… [this] had to happen. ‘Cause… so much thoughts and emotions…Enter the madness of other. To understand the madness. Of other. Of self. To understand the fight for the right and justice. While we walked down the narrow yet illuminated path,…
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spirits in the house
The Labor of Art.The Labor in Art.The Art of Labor.The Art in Labor. This Light… The souls that inhabit the space. Still. The vigilant observing workers, the artists of their craft, continue to keep their watchful eye over their space of work. Now space of and for work(s) of art. Same piece, same performers, same…
Liquid State of Being: LiquidRoom#8
One of the things that definitively makes end of January be awaited anxiously and with excitement is the fact that this is when ICTUS ensemble‘s LiquidRoom often happen (or, at least in my few+ years of experience they do. In Brussels at least. Well… I guess the exact time of their happening, like most of…
Sound’s Coming of Age
The lights dim. The piece starts. The setup seems to be clear. House left Yaron Deutsch. House right Tom Pauwels. Two electric guitars. It will be only at the end that you will realise: this was not a duo. This was a solo. Where the Sound appeared from its future to its past, only to…
Liquid State of Being: LiquidRoom#7
If you ever wondered if, and how, it would be if your senses would feel+perceive the stimulating triggers in inverted way… wonder no more! Right from the start, unnoticeably yet convincingly, soft beating of a tam-tam will get your heart, body and being into the right frequency, groove and mood… Your ears, and eyes, will…
Reiter’s “Lichtenberg Figures”
Have you ever thought how would it be if you could see the process of thought, the process of thinking? How would it feel? To be inside a brain. To see it in all its glorious action. Experiencing the performance, looking and listening, of the “Lichtenberg Figures” it was as close to this experience. The…
A different kind of Vortex
So this curious speckle was on Friday at WIELS for Rosas+ICTUS’ Work/Travail/Arbeid. Although I could only spend couple of hours, in a way I think I had the luck to experience to quite an extent the piece. The work. Coming to the exhibition, I tried having as little expectations possible – as difficult as that…
Art of Performance: Liquid Room #6
Boy oh boy oh boy! If in Berlin, or anywhere near and around, don’t miss the chance to experience ICTUS ensemble‘ Liquid Room VI! Pointing out possible variations for perception of temporality, this 4 hour multiple stage spectacle is just perfect for those who see, listen and feel music as possibility to combine experiencing pleasure+thought……
Sounding Aurora
Six planks of wood. Six percussionist. And a trippiest of journeys. The pulse begins sharply, but soft. Steady, intricate intertwining of different pulsations are starting to build a twofold entity of sound’s invasion. The beating of the timber. Whose inner voice starts to seep into the air. The pulsating beats remind on heart beats, and…