Wiel Conen presents 8 electro/acoustic tapeworks

8 electro/acoustic tape works (premieres)           

On Friday, April 4, Wiel Conen will give a special performance in the exhibition halls. Composer Wiel Conen started his career in the United States by studying Music Theory in Los Angeles. He then studied Composition at the Juilliard School in New York. Following his return to the Netherlands, he continued his training under composer Misha Mengelberg, including a spell at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. In an interview from the 90s, his teacher Mengelberg described Conen as follows: “He has Bruckner’s temperament: rather unworldly, extremely friendly and far from stupid. In his attic room he has a computer and a sampler, and he uses them to produce pieces, each of which is equally delightful. It is the nicest stuff I have come across recently.” The words of praise fit with the modest aim which Conen sets for himself in his compositions: “To give shape to whatever is bubbling up inside me in such a way that an audience can derive satisfaction from it.”

Also on view are visual performances by VJ Michael Fleming and Ron Bergman. They interpret Wiel Conen's work in the Society. Ron Bergman is a VJ who uses self-made & found footage, loops and animation to tell his own story. He does this under the name “eyedevil. Michael Fleming is a visual artist based in Amsterdam. Essentially, his work appropriates iconic cultural images, which he alters to highlight underlying issues. His “moving paintings” are made primarily from found footage, incorporating feature films, advertising and pop cultural scenes into a mesmerizing montage of images. Fleming is a VJ under the name VJ MO FO.

Program:

The 5 audio works on top of the hall:

Extrapolated improvisation/compositions by composer Wiel Conen.
Using piano and srutibox samples, melodic material of different lengths is interpreted in an alternating role of voice over, leading character, or extra, often accompanied by high and low rhythmic noise sounds.

Following this, there will be a short break.

Afterwards we go downstairs to the Society, VJ Michael Fleming and Ron Bergman will interpret three short works with different characters using live image manipulation.

Renée Hartog will introduce the different works upstairs and downstairs.

Start 20.30h