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NEW SPRING EDITION OF 'RITES OF NOISE’ An evening with blooming and edgy sounds curated by Tomas Serrien and Casper de Geus
Location: Het Bos, Antwerp, 20h-23h
Date: Wednesday April 23 2025
Damage: Free donation
Live broadcast by We Are Various
Live acts:
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Amber Meulenijzer - drony horns
Amber Meulenijzer is a sound artist from Belgium. With a background in sound and visual arts (RITCS Radio, 2016 | KASK Installation Art 2019) she researches the tension between these fields. Combining intuition and a general curiosity for the limits and flexibility of different materials, she creates work with theatrical, cinematograhic and poetic elements. The role of silence and the spectator are investigated, playing with presence / non-presence. Where does sound meet material? When does the ear guide the eye? What does the body need in order to hear? Who sings? Who listens? She has made installations, audio pieces and performances in different contexts. The last years her research has been revolving around horn-speakers. A permanent sonic in situ investigation, often resulting in performances or installations in public space. Saab Sculptures, a mobile installation on the roof of her car, has acted as a means for her to interact with different landscapes and contexts, allowing her to combine the role of performer with that of chauffeur, a double casquette she enjoys wearing. In 2023 Saab Fanfare came out on the label Edições, documenting a peformance with a brass band.
Listen: https://www.ambermeulenijzer.be/
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IMPOSSIMALIA 文珮玲 - pure noise
JAMIE MAN/ 文珮玲 is a British-Chinese composer and conductor who uses forms of opera, live performance and dark room installations to create works primarily concerned with music and the poetic mystery of the transtopian body. With her noise project IMPOSSIMALIA she creates grainy electromagnetic field sounds, inspired by the impossible animals wandering around in the paintings of Jheronimus Bosch.
Listen: https://impossimaliamusic.bandcamp.com/track/space
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Jef Mertens - taishōgotonoise
Jef Mertens has been researching, documenting and exploring the experimental music scene in Belgium and far beyond for almost two decades. As a filmmaker, he delved deep into the realm of Flemish primitive fringe (Dronevolk) and recorded the emergence of such greats as Sonic Youth and Borbetomagus. After running the now-discontinued free tape label Dadaist Tapes, Mertens comes up with his own releases.
Listen: https://jefmertens.bandcamp.com/music
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Sequences - sonic scapes
Sequences is one of the many projects from sound wizard Niels Geybels. Processed guitar, broken cassette loops and found field recordings. A peaceful collapse of the world as we know it, returning to the lagoon where it all started. The searing rise of sonic scapes portraying the imperturbable depth and infinitude of winter. Sultry feedback saturated static lays foundations for the purest hints of tonal harmony to shine through
Listen: https://audiovisualsatmosphere.bandcamp.com/
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POSTER BY DALI LA GASSE
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Het Bos, Ankerrui 5-7,Antwerp, Belgium
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