SPSound Intermission presents an audiovisual performances by international artists Stephan Mathieu & Claudio Sinatti and young local talent Noboru Watanabe. This Month we also present film screening of Atonotoop by Ezra Jacobs & Bas van Huizen. The evening begins with a performance by local talent Noboru Watanabe (Blackford).
In the epilogue of this year’s exquisitely curated Sonic Acts; Intermission invites you to a multi-sensory immersive experience. You will be provoked to think about the concept of space within an audiovisual context.
Stephan Mathieu (music) and Claudio Sinatti (visual) will provide a performance together. Mathieu uses his laptop as well as analogue electronics and is renowned for his spacious, warm and organic sound. Since 2000, he has released numerous albums on prestigious labels like Mille Plateaux, Touch and Staalplaat. He has collaborated with influential artists in the field such as Fennesz, Taylor Dupree and Akira Rabelais. Sinatti’s work is commissioned by art-biennales as well as music festivals and commercial events. He collaborates a lot with musicians and performed with artists like Guiseppe Lelassie and Symbiosis Orchestra. Mathieu and Sinatti performed together on the 2007 Milano Trienale. An interpretation of the spacious is very present in the oeuvre of both artists. Their performance at the trienale set a good example of that in a very futuristic outer-space manner.
Atonotoop is a film by Bas van Huizen and is based on a musical composition by Ezra Jacobs. Erza built an installation of 192 speakers which enabled the spectator of place the sounds with minute precision on a plan between the speakers. Atonotoop is a reference to tonotopy; the human ability to derive a precise direction from any sound heard. Van Huizen visualizes this phenomenon using a lot of old fashioned techniques. This film is a very honourable reinterpretation of the original installation. It invites the spectator to experience the combination of abstract image and sound in a very personal, physical way.