On February 6 2025, we explore physical locality of sound as a compositional tool. Sound recorded on tape has a physical place in the world, it can be traced, held and retraced. But place can also be regarded as a way of creating sound through field recordings, being in dialogue with the environment, or in the proximity of a community that inspires collaboration and experiment. For this studio symposium we’ve invited Nic Collins and Peter Todd for a special performance of Stuart Marshall’s Ayton Basement from 1976, using two portable Uher tape recorders and a range of percussive instruments. The piece was first performed at Ayton Basement, a legendary artist-run performance space in Newcastle Upon Tyne. In 2019, Peter Todd and Nicolas Collins reconstructed the performance from memory. Following the performance, we will host a panel talk on the physical domain as an incentive to sound in relation to artist-run spaces.

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february 6, 15:00-18:00h
Het Concreet
free entrance, r.s.v.p.