Cultura Nova Festival
Double Bill: Rotunda / Public Attention
Didianne Leusink / Roman Tkachenko in collaboration with Goya van der Heyden and Anllel MariaExpected end time: 21:30 hour
External venue - Nieuwe Gallerij
Each performance presents, time and again, a unique exploration of sound.
Rotunda
Rotunda is structured around a metre-long tape loop featuring recordings of hand-blown glass discs. Air bubbles, distortions and irregular grooves produce a variety of sounds: from subtle crackles and vibrations to deep, sustained tones. The title refers to a circular space in architecture. This principle of circling, repetition and circularity is also reflected in the work. Both the tape loop and the glass discs are constantly moving in circles, resulting in ever-changing
combinations of sounds.
In *Rotunda*, Didianne Leusink explores how glass, tape and other analogue systems interact. Through live experimentation, a constant dialogue emerges between control and chance, listening and action.
The audience is invited to move freely around the space. Every movement reveals new details and perspectives within the ever-changing soundscape.
Rotunda was developed by Didianne on behalf of Intro in Situ and Het Concreet.
Public Attention is an audiovisual performance featuring video recordings and spatial sound recordings, created during political demonstrations.
How is sound used to exert control in public spaces? How can making sound together be a way to organise, show resistance and reclaim public space? Public Attention combines video recordings with live singing, rhythms created with the body, electronic sounds, a drone and a siren. Together, these elements form a composition that is built up layer by layer during the performance. The creators draw inspiration from both the sounds of protest movements and the sounds used to silence these protests.
In this way,Public Attention explores how collective sound can bring people together, create shared attention and connect people.
