19:30, FoAM, Koolmijnenkaai 30-34, B-1080 Brussels (4th floor)

Stevie Wishart / The Sound of Gesture (for violin, sensors and computer)

Sound of Gesture: CdDvd Launch + Performance in collaboration with Q-O2

"In everyday life we look without seeing, hear without listening: when a car passes we think “car” - we may not even notice what colour it is or pause to identify its engine from the engine sound. In life we concentrate on the basics in order to get along. As a composer and performer I want my audience to immerse themselves in the world of sounds I have carefully constructed. In the Sound of Gesture I hope that my musical gestures (those engaged in the act of playing the violin) will engage the audience, to lead them towards the various electronic transformations of the violin-sound as they emerge in the soundscape. Just as a pianist builds anticipation when lifting a hand before bringing it down onto the keyboard, so my visible gestures - themselves triggers to the sounds that accompany or follow - encourage the audience to expect what comes next and to notice when it happens. The Sound of Gesture is all about intensifying the listening experience."

CdDvd now available to buy HERE

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“The Sound of Gesture” is part of Guild for Reality Integrators and Generators. gRig is a guild for European cultural and academic operators gathered around a mutual purpose; to mix separate realities, as well as bring whole new realities into existence. More: http://fo.am/grig, http://grig.info/

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CD/DVD are produced as part of gRIG (Guild for Reality Integrators and Generators), and supported by Culture 2000 Programme of the European Commission and Flemish Authorities. In collaboration with Q-O2, Belgium.

The Sound of Gesture has also been supported by ZKM, Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie and Akademie der Künst, Germany; Wellcome Trust and exhibition installation by Netwerk / centrum voor hedendaagse Künst, Aalst, Belgium.