SYMPOSIUM: The studio as a compositional tool
Het Concreet x Dock Zuid x Aafke Romeijn

Friday October 8, 2021 | 13:00–17:30
Dock Zuid | Ringbaan Oost 8
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On October 8, Het Concreet and Dock Zuid explore the playful working attitude of the composer who uses the studio to create in the recording process. Central to this co-production program is the studio as a refuge for experiment. 
 
The studio as a compositional tool
The studio as a compositional tool exposes a working attitude that gives the composer/performer the freedom to exert unlimited influence on the end result: not by devising a composition in advance, but by doing, experimenting and playing with the studio, sounds are created. The idea of the studio as a compositional tool was launched by Brian Eno in a 1979 lecture, and inspires Het Concreet and Dock Zuid to pose the question: can we sit back and surrender ourselves to a creative process? Composer Anthony Fiumara will give a lecture about the development of the studio as a refuge for experiment. Aafke Romeijn presents new experimental work made during a residency at Het Concreet. Later in the afternoon, during the TINC table talk, composer and Het Concreet founder Mathijn den Duijf will discuss suspending your expectations in a composition process. An ode to the studio as a refuge for experiment. 
 
Residency: Aafke Romeijn
Aafke Romeijn has been invited by Het Concreet and Dock Zuid to do a residency in the analog studio of Het Concreet. In the week prior to the symposium, Aafke will get to work with the studio as an instrument: tape loops, echoes, delays and much more. On Friday October 8 she will share the results of her residency during the symposium.
 
13:00     get in: coffee & tea at Het Concreet
13:30     lecture by Anthony Fiumara
14:15     musical presentation by Aafke Romeijn
14:45     pause and relocation to Dock Zuid
15:15     TINC table talk: Anthony Fiumara, Aafke Romeijn, Mathijn den Duijf
16:15     small performance set up by Het Concreet | drinks until 17:30
 
Due to the participation of international AMPA students, the main language will be English

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