FIELD RECORDINGS

A project by Anneleen De Causmaecker and Annelies Van Parys

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With texts by Peter Verhelst

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THE PRODUCTION

FIELD RECORDINGS is an interactive sound installation, designed by Anneleen De

Causmaecker, soundscape by Annelies Van Parys and texts of Peter Verhelst. This

installation also serves as a setting for a performance with sung laments, also on

texts of Peter Verhelst..

POINT OF DEPARTURE. The pain of loss. The wounds of war. The trauma. The mour-

ning widows. The disconsolate and anonymous victims, soldiers’ graveyards. The

total disorganization after The Great War.

World premiere in the framework of Gone West, May 2nd 2015 in het Concertge-

bouw Brugge.

A PERIGNEM vzw production, coproduced by Concertgebouw Brugge.

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DESCRIPTION

VISUAL/AUDITORY. On the scène there are transparent sculptures wherein earth

seems to float, a soldiers’ graveyard in a cold landscape. From the earth, sounds

rise. Rustling, murmuring, echoes from the war, but also voices, fragments of music.

PERFORMANCE. What is the story of the women during The Great War. Someone

meanders across the graveyard , and enters into a dialogue with a woman singing

laments.

INTERACTION. When visitors wander around, the sounds flee. Wherever humans

go, the music silences and only a silent murmur is still audible.

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CAST & CREW

CONCEPT Anneleen De Causmaecker, Annelies Van Parys

IMAGE Anneleen De Causmaecker

SOUNDSCAPE Annelies Van Parys

COMPOSITION Annelies Van Parys

TEXT Peter Verhelst

COSTUME Harvey Bouterse

DANCER Isabelle Balsa

SINGER Els Mondelaers

SOUNDINSTALLATION Roel Das

SOFTWARE Patrick De Causmaecker

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PROJECT COORDINATION Evy Vancalbergh

PRODUCTION PERIGNEM vzw

COPRODUCTION Concertgebouw Brugge

WITH THE SUPPORT OF SPES

Province West-Vlaanderen (tbc)

Flemish Government (tbc)

IN COOPORATION WITH KU Leuven, Kulak, University

Royal Conservatory Brussels

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100 graves (40 x 30 x 20 cm) made from transparent plexi, are filled with damp

earth. Each grave has one audiospeaker. The installation can go in loop. The public

walks through the installation. Max capacity at once: ca 20 people

WHERE This installation can be presented in black box as well as

white cube, concert hall foyer, art gallery ancient depot,

dilapidated building, warehouse, disused industrial

site ...

DIMENSIONS SURFACE ideally 120 square meters

HIGHTH minimum 3 meters

Same as for installation, only the public is now placed around the installation. On

chairs, or on stands and the number of public depends on the capacity of the space..

INFO

INSTALLATION

PERFORMANCE

PLANNING

The premiere is planned in Bruges (Belgium) Concertgebouw , May 2 and 3, 2015

BIO’S

ANNELEEN DE CAUSMAECKER | IMAGE www.anneleendecausmaecker.com

Anneleen ’s project Parcours, a first intense cooperation with Annelies Van Parys

was coproduced by studio Champ d’Action. It was greatly acclaimed and im-

mediately picked up by de Singel in Antwerp for the ISCM World Music Days 2012

and will be featuring in the prestigious Klara Festival as well as in a contemporary

music festival in Lausanne. She took part in diverse exhibitions such as the

reknowned Verbeke Foundation, Kunstpodium T in Tilburg (NL), Kunsthochschule

Weissensee Berlin (D), Ithaka XX in Leuven and Design Festa Gallery in Tokyo (Jap).

ANNELIES VAN PARYS | SOUND www.anneliesvanparys.com

Annelies Van Parys is one of Flanders’ leading composers. She writes solo, chamber

as well as vocal, choral or orchestral music. Her work has been awarded many pri-

zes. Increasingly in demand, she is performed at major festivals and venues all over

the world by many reknowned performers. She is currently working on an Opera

project for Transparant, Flemish Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Bergen Nasjonale

Opera which will be performed by Asko|Schoenberg Amsterdam and the Neue Vo-

calsolisten Stuttgart. Annelies teaches at the University College Brussels, dept. Roy-

al Conservatory.

PETER VERHELST | WORD www.peterverhelst.com

Flanders’ most well-known writer was already on a very young age interested in

books. He read as often unintellegible things such as atlases and encyclpoediae as

ordinary books. Later he followed a training as a teacher for Dutch, English and his-

tory which he taught at a secondary school in Bruges. In 1999 he quit education for

a full-time carreer as writer. Since 2006 he is also a stage director at the NTG Thea-

tre in Ghent.

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HARVEY BOUTERSE | COSTUME www.hrvi.be

Originally from Surinam, Harvey left Holland and settled in Antwerp to start

working for Belgian designers such as

Wim Neels and Veronique Branquinho.

During this period he launched the label

HrVi as a platform for his own work.

He was later asked to become a senior

designer for the pre-collections of Jean

Paul Gaultier in Paris. His fascination for

the future, technology and craftsmanship

results in interesting, subtle style mix-

tures. Since 2010, he has been working

on seasonal ceramic jewelry and sculp-

tures in the Perignem ateliers, combining

this art form with his ready-to-wear col-

lections and other fashion projects. He

also designs for the Cape Town based

sculptural Artist Jane Alexander .

ELS MONDELAERS | VOICE elsmondelaers.wordpress.com

Els started singing very early. After her secondary school on an arts institution, she

continued in Music Pedagogics. At the same time, she became more and more awa-

re of her vocal qualities and also started to be curious about contemporary music.

This became the main interest for her freelance singing carreer. She made a specia-

lisation in contemporary singing as a soloist and is in Flanders as well as abroad a

highly acclaimed performer. She also has a special interest in Music Theatre.

PROJECT COORDINATION Evy Vancalbergh | fieca

Evy@fieca.be

INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION Andrew Logan | LoganArts Management

andrewlogan@loganartsmanagement.com

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