Newsletter May 2013

Newsletter May 2013

 In May, many artists and projects associated to Transcultures will be show in the Federation Wallonia-Brussels and also in France (in Nice at Villa Arson, in Lyon with Les Nuits Sonores and in Malves / Carcassone with the festival Nightshot), a good example of the diversity and vitality of the interdisciplinarities we defend with passion.


04.05.2013
Lecture
Gerard Malanga + Philippe Franck

Nice > Villa Arson > 11:00

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In the framework of the exhibition “Public faces in Private places” of Gerard Malanga organized by Sandrine Mons at Loft in Cannes (great shots of the Velvet Underground, Andt Warhol, Patti Smith, William Burroughs, … to be seen at 3, rue du Canada, till the 14th of September + dj set Arnaud maguet at Hotel 3.14, 5 rue Einesy, after the opening of May 4th), Philippe Franck is invited at the Art School of Nice, Villa Arson to dialogue with in this American photographer, pop poet, experimental filmmaker and main assistant of Andy Warhol during the 60s at the Factory + Experimental films (Andy Warhol : Portraits of the artist as a young man, in search of the miraculous Film notebooks) directed by Gerard Malanga and poetic musical tracks

In partnership with L’Eclat and the Neuflize OBC


04.05.2013
Before and after Ambient
(homage to Brain One)

Bruxelles > Le Botaniques > 20:00

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A tribute to Brain One = Brian Eno featuring Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles (Direction Jean Paul Dessy) performing ‘Music for Airports’ and other ambient pieces, Stéphane Collin, Ensemble Temporain (Koen Gisen, Milan Warmoeskerken, Stef Heeren et Han Swolfs) playing pop songs, Gauthier Keyaerts (Transonic) mixing and performing a new piece inspired by the legacy of the initiator of Discreet music + Guest Auryn

Co-production : Le Botanique, UCL, Musiques Nouvelles – Thanks : Transcultures

  • Entrance : Bota’Carte: 13€, Pre-sale: 16€, sale: 19€
  • Le Botanique (Museum), Rue Royale, 236, 1210 Bruxelles
  • + 32 (0)2 218.37.32 – info@botanique.be
  • www.botanique.be

09 > 11.05.2013
Digital Breakfast, Paradise Now,
Gauthier Keyaerts, Stéphane Kozik
@Nuits Sonores

Lyon

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Alongside other Belgian artists and musical quality projects Transcultures is invited to attend professional meetings of Nuits Sonores (with a focus on Brussels for this big 11th edition) and participate to this great French indie & electronic music festival in Lyon (France) with several artists supported by Transcultures / City Sonic: Digital Breakfast (performance by + workshop Sonic Kids), Paradise Now, Gauthier Keyaerts, Stéphane Kozik + guests

08.05
NS DAYS 1 – Les Subsistances / Scène 2 – Carte blanche à Bruxelles

Digital Breakfast (performances Arnaud Eeckhout + Stéphane Kozik + atelier Sonic Kids)

City Sonic Party 1 > 9.05 > 15:30 – 18:30
NS DAYS 2 – Les Subsistances / Scène 2 – Carte blanche à Bruxelles

Paradise Now (City Sonic sound art dj set), Gauthier Keyaerts (smart hybrid electro set)

10.05
NS DAYS 3 – Les Subsistances / Scène 2 – Carte blanche à Bruxelles

Digital Breakfast (performances Arnaud Eeckhout + Stéphane Kozik + atelier Sonic Kids)

City Sonic Party 2 > 11.05 > 15h30 – 18h30
NS DAYS 4 – Les Subsistances / Scène 2 – Carte blanche à Bruxelles

Stéphane Kozik (hybrid mix + invented instruments) + guest Paradise Now

  • PASS Nights & Days 148,00 €
    PASS 3  nights 90,00 €
    PASS NS DAYS 71,00 €
    night from 37 €
    NS DAYS  from 20,80 €
  • Les Subsistances, 8 bis quai Saint Vincent 69001 Lyon
  • www.nuits-sonores.com

15.05.2013
Atelier / workshop Sonic Kids
Alice Pilastre
Ritournelle

Mons > Théâtre du Manège > 14:30 – 16:00

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Led by young artist Alice Pilastre, this entertaining, poetic and interactive workshop for the kids appeals to auditory and tactile senses to create music and sounds: punching, coloring, pasting and creating your own partition for a musical box!

In the framework of the project Espace(s) Son(s) Hainaut(s) – with support of European Union (FEDER-Interreg IV France-Wallonie-Vlanderen)


22.05.2013
Workshop Sonic Kids
Arnaud Eeckhout + Emilien Baudelot
Electronic Music

Mons > Maison Folie > 14:30 – 16:30

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For this electronic music workshop, young musicians and sound producers Arnaud Eeckhout and Emilien Baudelot will introduce the children to the world of electronic instruments and treatments to introduce them to a group composition. After the workshop, the children will be able to “make their own band.”

In the framework of the project Espace(s) Son(s) Hainaut(s) – with support of European Union (FEDER-Interreg IV France-Wallonie-Vlanderen)

22.05.2013
Workshop
Isa Belle + Paradise Now
Sound Massages

Huy > Centre Culturel > 13:00

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In the context of the day of “Stress and well-being managing,” Isa Belle + Paradise Now propose an introduction to organic body-sound relationship course. In this workshop, you will discover the benefits and physical properties of sound and the use of “singing bowls” (ancestral Tibetan bowls et crystal bowls) and essential oils…a sacred moment!


31.05 + 01.06.2013
Festival Nightshot #7

Malves > France

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Transcultures, regular partner of the festival Nightshot (artistic director : Philippe Baudelot) initiated by the Graph, presents, in the framework of the event Mai Numérique, two young interdisciplinary artists from Mons Arnaud Eeckhout and Vivian Barigand with their recent project Twist, which is an entirely acoustic installation with metal and organic tone. This immersive work, created at the Festival of Sound Art City Sonic in September 2012 in Mons, creates a moving audio visual world, reflecting the exhibition space, a ballet of shadows, lights and abstract patterns.


31.05.2013
Sound up #2
Dangereuses liaisons

Mons > Théâtre des Arbalestriers (Maison Folie) > 20:00

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This second edition of Sound up initated by Art Zoyd in the framework of the European transborder project Espace(s) Son(s) Hainaut(s), which has been prepared during the year involving young artists from North of France and Wallonia, explores the man-machine relation with a specific dramaturgy for each art piece and a itinerary between innovative music, scenary, writing, video and performance.

15 compositions and installations from young Belgian and French musicians, video artists, writers, dancers… : WIAME HADDAD, ROSA PARLATO, VERONIQUE BINST, AXEL VAN DER WAAL, MADELINE WOOD, MICHAEL MAINGUY, LEA-ANAIS MACHADO, LUCAS PIZZINI, ANTOINE BARLET, JOACHIM GLAUDE, FRÉDÉRIC BRAYE, MATHILDE LUJAN, BENOÏT DUVETTE, ANNE-CLAUDE IGER, ZACHARIE VANHALEWYN – avec la participation de Denis Guerdon (piano)
André Serre-Milan : Direction artistique / Gérard Hourbette, direction Art Zoyd
Carl Faia, live electronics designer / Florent Meunier, son / Monique Vialadieu, administration / Charlotte Zisseler, suivi de projets

In the framework of the project Espace(s) Son(s) Hainaut(s) – with support of European Union (FEDER-Interreg IV France-Wallonie-Vlanderen)


and also


04.05.2013
Ordinaire Notice

Liège > Les Brasseurs > 18:00

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A unique performance by Eric Therer (performer-lawyer) and Stephan Ink (bass, electronics) mixing spoken word (how to make poetry from legal reports) and experimental soundscapes with humour and energy.



Call for proposal Park in progress – Mons

Call for proposal Park in progress @ Mons-Belgium 2013 within the international festival of sound art City Sonic

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Park in progress is a nomadic mobility program supported by the European Commission (EAC- Culture Programme 2007-2013). Transcultures is a sound art and digital arts center located in Mons. The projects we’re looking for must be in link with sound (in any contemporary dimension). The Park in Progress presentation will take place at the international sound art Festival City Sonic, the sound art festival organized by Transcultures since 2003 in the center of the city of Mons.

  • Launch of the call for proposal: May 1, 2013
  • End of call for proposal: June 6, 2013
  • Disclosure of the selection: early August 2013
  • Start of residence: The August 28, 2013
  • End of residence: September 5, 2013

Place of residence: Mons – Belgium Public presentation: European night of the young creation: 6th September