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je mets mon scaphandre
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An exciting international and interdisciplinary collaboration between Berlin-based artists Olivia Palmer-Baker, José del Avellanal Carreño, and Huddersfield-based-artist John Aulich comes in its final form to Belfast!
This collaboration is centered around the work je mets mon scaphandre, commissioned for this project:
Je mets mon scaphandre is an immersive work for bassoon, surround-sound electronics and sound-reactive lighting. The piece’s meditative sound-world reflects the feminist theory of the ‘leaky body’, inviting us to rethink the human body as fluid and amorphous, constantly reconfiguring in response to its environment. Here, the built-in spatiality and the leaky, unstable nature of the bassoon are brought into dialogue with this theory, amplified and translated through sound and light.
Alongside this work, two further works, one from John, and one commissioned by Olivia, will be featured.
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Je mets mon scaphandre will be performed at The Black Box on October 13, 2025. DOORS AT 7:00 PM, STARTS 7.30 PM.
Artists:
Olivia Palmer-Baker: Performance (bassoon)
John Aulich: Performance (electronics), Composition
José del Avellanal Carreño: Light Design
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Programme:
but for our little utterances dissembling (flexible duration), John Aulich – multichannel electronics installation
The Spirit of Beings (15’), Dai Fujikura – bassoon, electronics – world premiere bassoon version
je mets mon scaphandre (40’), John Aulich (composition, live electronics), Olivia Palmer-Baker (bassoon), José del Avellanal Carreño (live light design) – world premiere
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Sponsors: Goethe-Institute (IKF), Hinrichsen Foundation.
Supporters: The University of Edinburgh, Musikakademie Rheinsberg, Kollektiv UNRUHE, KLANGZEITORT, Universität der Künste, ( ( NYT ) ) art space
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