Name: In Bloom: post-truth, machines & strings
Start: 2024-10-05T20:15:00+02:00
Location: Korzo

In Bloom: post-truth, machines & strings

In Bloom is a concert series curated by Hague-based composer Lise Morrison. She curates and presents a showcase of young musicians, projects, performers and makers, developed by her peers from the music and art scene of The Hague.
This edition presents three artists who investigate the world that their work is created in and how their work relates to that societal context. Issues about reality, the post-truth society, and computational innovation VS. human beings’ bodies and thoughts are often delved into by these three composer-performers.
Line-up:
Rafaele Andrade
Mehrnaz Khorami
Vitalis Karagkezidis
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Vitali Karagkezidis is an artist based in the Hague, originally from Greece. His music is inspired by aspects of social, cultural and political life as they're manifested in the modern world. It tries to reflect on current debates and discourses, to find artistic meaning in everyday life and intimacy in the Information age.
Originally a composer for instrumental music, Vitali has been recently focusing on a setup to compose for and perform with, including electric guitar, MIDI and live music production techniques.
Vitali will perform Flashback and motion, a spoken song about being a human in the post-truth times. It is about the alienation of the subject from its environment despite/because of the efforts to stay up to date with it. It's about Beauty as a memory. Distancing as defence and solace.
This is a piece that I made in collaboration with my friend Elene Vlachou, who created the text that in its form and character became the base and inspiration for the music. The text is in a rhizomatic form. It presents the subject's stream of thoughts and memories as they intertwine and interact with impressions of news contents from different types of media.
Flashback and motion will be performed alongside vocalist Kristia Michael.
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Mehrnaz (Maggie) Khorami is an electro-acoustic composer based in Den Haag, Netherlands.
Mehrnaz’s compositions integrate diverse sounds, including custom-made acoustic instruments, urban spaces, and synthesised sound generated and manipulated through creative coding.
Emerging from a classical violinist's lineage, she will present a performance for electric violin and electronics that integrates bodily engagement and computational innovation.
By harmonising her physical movements with intricately designed creative coding, an enigmatic exploration of conflict and contrast is unravelled.

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Rafaele Andrade is a composer, instrument maker, and cellist currently based in the Netherlands.
Rafaele's contributions encompass reflection and exploration of technological advancements and innovative audience engagement strategies. This passion led her to develop her own string-based instrument, Knurl. Through Knurl, she has performed at prestigious venues across the globe.
With a keen focus on sustainability, creative programming, public engagement, internationalisation, and design thinking, Rafaele's artistic journey is a testament to her unwavering commitment to pushing the boundaries of artistic expression and driving positive change in society.