newpolyphonies rewired

Myriam Van Imschoot, Hyoid, RIF

2021 · Installation concert

Credits

Creation Myriam Van Imschoot, Andreas Halling, RIF | Composition sound and movement Andreas Halling, Myriam Van Imschoot | Sounds and voices Hyoid Voices vocalists Fabienne Seveillac, Andreas Halling, Els Mondelaers, Gunther Vandeven in performance of newpolyphonies at Muziekcentrum De Bijloke with Sophia Bauer, Stefaan Bauwens, Jos de Raedt, Lore Duvivier, Silke Gerinckx Lois Heirman, Bie Hinnekint, Louis Kindt, Myriam Matthys, Ayco Nachtergaele, Kristina Lucia Parmentier, Eric Rooms, Rori Sys, Valentina Tóth, Rita Van den Broecke, Nadine Van Imschoot, Sofia Vleeshouwers, Ann Weckx | Concept of sound design and electronics Fabrice Moinet | Technical design Guy Van den Bril & Stef Depover | Electronics assistance Matthieu Virot | Light design Lucas Van Haesbroeck | Sound consultancy and sound engineering Wannes Gonnissen | Current producer and touring newpolyphonies | Original producer of the creation Hiros | Delegate producer La Muse en Circuit | Coproduction RIF, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, BUDA, Kunstenwerkplaats | Supported by the Flemish Community, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie | With thanks to GC De Kriekelaar

Previous presented at Kunstencentrum Buda, STUK and Oortreders.

Cover of newpolyphonies rewired — © Luc Depreitere

This half-hour installation concert takes you into a world of more-than-human sounds produced by the human voice: cries, calls, hums, drones, breaths and fragments of song. Twenty Bluetooth speakers surround the audience; they move through the space, continuously altering the acoustic field around the listeners. Through mimicry and camouflage, and through the movement of the speakers, a subtly dizzying polyphony emerges within this elastic dome, in which the human is no longer at the centre.