Soundwalk Live Performance
about the event
Date: June 3rd 2011 – 1 Night Performance
Schedule: starting at 00:00
Location: Palácio Belmonte
Address: Pateo Dom Fradique, 14 – 1100-624 Lisboa
Contacts: +351 218816600 _ office@palaciobelmonte.com
Artist/Author: Soundwalk Collective
Partners: DaST, WOA-Way of Arts
Sponsors: Palacio Belmonte Lisboa Lda
about the artists
Soundwalk Collective is an international art collective based in New York City.
Since 2000 they have been sonic nomads, embarking on never ending journeys from the desolate land of Bessarabia to the desert of Rub al Khali. By exploring and documenting the world around us through its sounds, the Collective abstracts and re-composes narrative sound pieces through fragments of reality to form distinct audible journeys.
SOUNDWALK COLLECTIVE comprises five members:
Stephan Crasneanscki (France)
Dug Winningham (USA)
Simone Merli (Italy)
Kamran Sadeghi (Iran-USA)
intro
June 3rd, kicking off the 2011 Summer tour, Soundwalk Collective performed a midnight set of Ulysses Syndrome at Palacio Belmonte in Lisbon, Portugal. For full tour dates, check soundwalkcollective.com.
Photos by Darren Keith, audio extract from live performance of Ulysses Syndrome.
the happening
The Collective’s live performances are diverse and often site and venue specific. They use a combination of custom-cut vinyl records with multiple turntables, laptops and various FX processing pedals and mixers. Although sound and music are the primary forces in the live setting, projection of video specific to each performance piece creates an environment that is unescapable and unique.
Live performances can also be transformed into temporary or permanent installations, post-performance, through custom-made turntables that are programmed to move automatically based on a musical score. Aesthetic refinement and conceptual narrative is paired with a performative impulse, making Soundwalk Collective’s shows intimate and powerful.
Created by Stephan Crasneanscki who lives and works in New York, the Collective’s recent installations and performances were shown at Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris); MADRe Museum of Contemporary Art (Napoli); New Museum (New York); National Museum of Singapore NMS (Singapore); Abu Dhabi: Art, Talks and Senstions (Abu Dhabi); Mobile Art by Zaha Hadid (Hong kong, Tokyo, New York); EXIT Festival at Maison des Arts de Creteils (Paris); Villa de Noailles – Centre d’Art et de Culture Contemporain (Hyères); Gare Saint Saveur (Lille); Palacio Belmonte (Lisbon); KaZantip Republic 2011; Florence Gould Hall (New York); ARMA 17 (Moscow).
