Newsletter #5

Movement never happens for its own sake, but because another force pulls you in.

Mobility is a response to something that summons you, that begs you, that calls you.

I'm reminded of this as I hear many calls tangled together in a disturbing chorus.

The outcry of Gaza is an 'appèl'. The Global Sumud Flotilla traversed seas in response and with them millions of people march and rally to stop the genocide in Gaza—the most appalling war crime of this century. Their cries may be small in comparison to the massacre, but cry we must. Be a movement. Move.

I'm writing this from Tokyo, at the start of a Japanese tour thanks to inviting gestures of artists Eric Thielemans and Tomoko Hojo. More often than not, I feel that sound performances -  like the one we just did at Permian yesterday - helps to understand the potential of  solidarity, the weaving of nets, traversing spaces beyond walls; calling together is an art to practice. 

The tour in Japan bundles several practices, performances, screenings and collaborations around Myriam Van Imschoot's sound practices, in particular those that address the way we respond to places, their holding and releasing, their opening and blocking, reflecting and absorbing, invitations and rejections, tapping their potential as biotopes of resonance. 

AURAL MIST

Permian, Tokyo

2 October 2025

Concept and performance Eric Thielemans with Myriam Van Imschoot, Tomoko Hojo and Tamaru

This concert on 2 October concluded a three day series in which Eric investigates rooms and their atmospheres. Every evening a different line-up of musicians and sound artists responded in an hour-long improvisation to a recording Eric had made of the Permian venue's particular sound at midnight. A new take on ambient music. Score on Instagram here. 

BREATH BUILDING

Hako Gallery, Tokyo

4 October 2025

Concept Myriam Van Imschoot with Tomoko Hojo and Shohei Hosoi. 

The early architectural films of Myriam - LIFT and EFEMERIDEN - are set in a skyscraper in Brussels and break the suppressed collectivity of modern habitats with poetic gestures. In the evening at Hako, Breath Building, sound artist Tomoko Hojo and zine artist Shohei Hosoi will respond to the films with a listening proposal. Link

CHAMBER SKINS

Kyushu University, Fukuoka

7 -15 October 2025

Upon the invitation of Tomoko Hojo Myriam will be in residence at the Acoustic Cultural Studies department of the Kyushu University. The residence offers rehearsal facilities in an anechoic chamber and enables dialogues with colleagues at the institute and other visiting guest like David Toop and Anja Psenitsnikova. Two public moments are planned: on 11 October Myriam and Tomoko will perform in a double bill with Moreskinsound and on 15 October they open some of their research results in an open workshop.  Link