03.07.21
newpolyphonies
Credits
Concept, composition and direction Myriam Van Imschoot | Co-creation and performance HYOID voices: Fabienne Seveillac, Andreas Halling, Els Mondelaers, Gunther Vandeven | Performance 15 local performers | Sound design and electronic concept of speakers installation Fabrice Moinet | Sound engineer Wannes Gonnissen | Electronics assistant Matthieu Virot | Light Design Lucas Van Haesbroeck | Advice lay-out and costume design Nadine Van Imschoot, Filip Eyckmans | Producer Hiros | Delegated producer La Muse en Circuit | Co-production Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, Kunstenwerkplaats, Kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk) | In collaboration with Walpurgis | Supported by the Flemish Government, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie | Internship Sophia Bauer | Thanks to Emmanuel Desmyter, Jean-Manuel Candenot, all participants who joined us during the rehearsals, Marcus Bergner, Björn Schmelzer’s seminars, Ismail Fayed and the lab of radical polyphony with the support of Sarma, Myriam Pruvot, the performers Caroline Daish, Mat Pogo, Anne-Laure Pigache, Jakob Ampe, Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias of What Nature Says, Bahae Eddin Rouas
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The leitmotif in this concert/performance is not the loud collective chant, but the experience that each individual – like a link in a spiral – can set a vortex in motion. Inspired by polyphonic traditions, insect colonies, climate protest and airplane traffic coming to a halt, 4 singers of Hyoid and 15 local performers perform side by side a composition of intimate gestures between downfall and resurrection.
Author's note: "newpolyphonies is contemporary music made by everyone. It invites to hear connection where there's seemingly none. In this multiverse human, nature and machine sounds interbreed with subtle and swelling force, always holding a question close to heart: how do we perceive the ‘togetherness’ and the ‘many’ of polyphony? It's after this piece that I named my new structure newpolyphonies and it remains its emblem." Myriam Van Imschoot
Previously presented at Muziekcentrum Bijloke, De Singel, Kaaitheater, Darmstadt Ferienkurse (film version), MaerzMusik Festival and Meakusma.
READS
"Aided by a dozen Bluetooth speakers attached to pulleys, the group manages to hypnotize for an hour with various, often unorthodox, vocal techniques. Using only their vocal cords, they paint a vivid picture of something between the world of insects and the downfall of humanity. It leaves a deep impression." Gonzo Circus
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Credits
Concept, composition and direction Myriam Van Imschoot | Co-creation and performance HYOID voices: Fabienne Seveillac, Andreas Halling, Els Mondelaers, Gunther Vandeven | Performance 15 local performers | Sound design and electronic concept of speakers installation Fabrice Moinet | Sound engineer Wannes Gonnissen | Electronics assistant Matthieu Virot | Light Design Lucas Van Haesbroeck | Advice lay-out and costume design Nadine Van Imschoot, Filip Eyckmans | Producer Hiros | Delegated producer La Muse en Circuit | Co-production Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, Kunstenwerkplaats, Kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk) | In collaboration with Walpurgis | Supported by the Flemish Government, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie | Internship Sophia Bauer | Thanks to Emmanuel Desmyter, Jean-Manuel Candenot, all participants who joined us during the rehearsals, Marcus Bergner, Björn Schmelzer’s seminars, Ismail Fayed and the lab of radical polyphony with the support of Sarma, Myriam Pruvot, the performers Caroline Daish, Mat Pogo, Anne-Laure Pigache, Jakob Ampe, Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias of What Nature Says, Bahae Eddin Rouas
