KLANKVELD
On Thursday, 3 September, BL!NDMAN brings Antony Gormley’s exhibition Geestgrond (Ground of the Mind) to life through music with KLANKVELD. Created especially for KMSKA LAAT, this site-specific project sees the percussion quartet engage with the meanings evoked by the British artist’s sculptures: the encounter between the living body and the solid object, the minimalist relationship between material and form, the balance between the imaginative mind and the human organism, and humanity’s place within architectural space.
Through a carefully curated selection of repertoire, BL!NDMAN adds a musical and formal dimension to Antony Gormley’s striking sculptures. The name KLANKVELD (‘sound field’) is inspired by the idea that the musicians create a field of sound in dialogue with the artworks, without literally playing on them. In this way, Gormley’s Geestgrond (Ground of the Mind) acquires a musical foundation.
This is not a conventional concert: BL!NDMAN will inhabit the exhibition space continuously from 7.00 pm to 9.30 pm.
Tomas Serrien and Ward De Ketelaere: artistic Direction and dramaturgy
BL!NDMAN [drums]
Hannes Nieuwlaet: percussion
Yves Goemaere: percussion
Ward De Ketelaere: percussion
Gideon Van Canneyt: percussion
Programme
A selection of works performed throughout the evening:
Thierry De Mey: Silence Must Be (solo)
Steve Reich: Music For pieces of wood (quartet)
Ward De Ketelaere: Drowned voices (quartet)
Ward De Ketelaere: NVP (quartet)
Ward De Ketelaere: The ghost of resonance (ter nagedachtenis van Alvin Lucier) (installation)
Roderick de Man: Case History (solo)
Javier Alvarez: Temazcal (solo)
Pierluigi Billone: Mani.Mono (solo)
Georges Aperghis: Retrouvailles (duo)
Maya Verlaak, Andy Ingamells: Tape Piece (duo)
