[spectre] CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: RAINFOREST SOUND ART WORKSHOP

[Derek Holzer]

The RAINFOREST Workshop [1], by Derek Holzer and Mads Bech 
Paluszewski-Hau, is a contemporary re-interpretation of David Tudor’s 
series of compositions from the 1970′s entitled “Rainforest”. It uses 
special types of sonic transducers to play live sounds through various 
found metallic objects, making the whole performance space an orchestra 
of resonant voices to be played.

In the context of the Artefact Festival 2017 [2], STUK [3] in Leuven, 
Belgium will host the Rainforest workshop from 25.02.17 to 01.03.17 with 
support from the Danish Arts Foundation [4].

Together with Holzer and Paluszewski-Hau, 8 participants will work 
collaboratively to build the installation and rehearse for an 
evening-long performance which demonstrates the sonic worlds to be found 
within common objects.

WHO WERE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a maximum of 8 participants to join us. You should be:

* A sound artist, experimental musician, or student in either of these 
fields
* Able to bring your own electronic performance instrument (w/ 1 mono 
output + 1 mono input)
* Able to play in a free, expressive and improvisational manner (i.e. no 
repetitive dance music)

We would prefer a gender-balanced team, and highly encourage female 
applicants.

The is no fee for participating in this workshop, but we expect that 
participants will be able to join us for working sessions on all five 
days of the workshop, all the way from the start on 25.02.17 through to 
the performance on the evening of 01.03.17. We hope that you will also 
be able to stay for the tearing-down of the installation the morning of 
02.03.17 as well.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send an email to <rainforestworkshop2017 at gmail.com> with the 
subject line "RAINFOREST 2017" before JAN 28 2017 at the latest, 
containing the following information:

* Your name and short biography
* What can offer to a collaborative workshop/installation/performance
* Your artistic homepage
* A link to *ONE* audio or video clip which you think represents your 
sonic approach
* Your confirmation that you can participate in every day of the workshop

We will accept participants on a rolling basis, so you are encouraged to 
send your information as early as possible.

MORE ON THE WORKSHOP

The resulting RAINFOREST "performative installation" should shift 
between relatively static installation-like moments and performative 
sections where the artists seek new relationships with the objects and 
each other. The audience will be free to move around the performance 
space, engage in conversations and explore the resonant objects, thus 
adding new life to the rainforest.

Additionally, there will be evening lectures by specialists from a local 
university on topics related to the RAINFOREST concept, such as 
structural acoustics, bioacoustics or acoustic anthropology [to be 
confirmed].


LINKS

[1] http://macumbista.net/?page_id=2447
[2] http://www.artefact-festival.be
[3] http://www.stuk.be
[4] http://www.kunst.dk