De Nacht: Hedendaags
do 17 dec 2020 02:00 uur
Contemporary Music Night #76 – Viral genoms and molecular sonics. DIT IS EEN HERHALING VAN 17-12-2020- • De tweewekelijkse Hedendaagse Muziek Nacht met vannacht het Monumentum project van de Nederlandse componist en sonisch kunstenaar Roland Emile Kuit. Om de vijf uur vol te maken schreef de componist een speciale hommage aan Dick Raaijmakers onder de titel Loudspeakers. MONUMENTUM – Roland Emile Kuit • In memory of all victims who have died as a result of epidemics worldwide……… • Overwhelmed by all news Roland Kuit felt he had to do something for the all-time-victims of pandemics. He created this sonic memorial to reflect on this horrific situation. This COVID-19 pandemic hovering as a noise through all societies and makes us more aware of who we are and the importance of art. Micro-movements of air as sonic genomes like a virus can exist in only the symbolic dimension of evolution until it finds a host. Like we can be hosts. 40 quadraphonic works of sound art resonating with our collective history. Therefore, MONUMENTUM is a timely reminder that death is a part of humanity that we can not escape and must embrace into sound. A sonic reconciliation of our commitment to society. The starting point was to use the Kyma system to create the sound of 40 of the largest epidemics in history. Roland Emile Kuit developed new models for every pandemic forming viral networks as sonic genomes. The Kyma system generates these newest forms of non-standard synthesis techniques. A Sonic Memorial for all time pandemic victims | Roland Kuit: Kyma • The radio premiere was at the Fondazione Accademia Musicale Chingiana on RADIOARTE ITALIA during the VI Chigiana International Festival & Summer Academy Siena Italia. Broadcasted in full across 36 countries simultaneously on September 1/2/3 2020 in Beyond the Silence. Part 1-8 • 01 – Influenza epidemic 1200 BCE • 02 – Plague of Athens 429–426 BCE • 03 – Antonine Plague 165–180 BCE • 04 – Plague of Cyprian 250–266 • 05 – Plague of Justinian 541–542 • 06 – Japanese smallpox epidemic 735–737 • 07 – Black Death 1346–1353 • 08 – Mexico smallpox epidemic 1519–1520 • Part 9-16 • 09 – Cocoliztli epidemic Mexico 1576–1580 • 10 – Spain plague epidemic 1596–1602 • 11 – Egyptian plague epidemic 1609 • 12 – New England infections epidemic 1616–1620 • 13 – Sicily plague epidemic 1743 • 14 – Spain yellow fever epidemic 1800–1803 • 15 – First cholera pandemic 1817–1824 • 16 – Second cholera pandemic 1826–1837 • Part 17-24 • 17 – Uganda African trypanosomiasis epidemic 1900–1920 • 18 – Manchurian plague China 1910–1911 • 19 – Encephalitis lethargica pandemic 1915–1926 • 20 – Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 pandemic 1918–1920 • 21 – Russia typhus epidemic 1918–1922 • 22 – Influenza pandemic 1957–1958 • 23 – Hong Kong flu worldwide 1968-1970 • 24 – HIV/AIDS pandemic 1981–present • Part 25-32 • 25 – Oju yellow fever epidemic 1986 • 26 – Bangladesh cholera epidemic 1991 • 27 – Chikungunya outbreaks India 2006 • 28 – Zimbabwean cholera outbreak 2008–2009 • 29 – Swine flu pandemic 2009–2010 • 30 – MERS-Cov Worldwide 2012–present • 31 – Western African Ebola virus epidemic 2013–2016 • 32 – Indian swine flu outbreak 2015 • Part 33-40 • 33 – Yemen cholera outbreak 2016–present • 34 – Gorakhpur Japanese encephalitis outbreak 2017 • 35 – United States flu season 2017–2018 • 36 – Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala India 2018 • 37 – Kivu Ebola epidemic Angola 2018–present • 38 – New Zealand measles outbreak 2019–present • 39 – Measles Democratic Republic of the Congo 2019 – present • 40 – COVID-19 pandemic 2019–present • LOUDSPEAKERS – Roland Emile Kuit • Hommage to Dick Raaijmakers (Radio premiere). As Dick Raaijmakers' Five Canons (1964–66) deals with fundamental aspects of spatiality of sound, we could play with the factor time and accumulate all five of them in one layer, narrowing down the spatiality of TIME. Instantly the file is ready to be forced into new time dimensions. For this, Roland build a time-machine in KYMA, a super computer for sound. Hyper fragments of audio is carefully placed in a spatial realm, all to the boundaries of the perception of sound. This deregulation is almost tangible in the way the singing voice is recomposed by disturbance. During the pandemic lockdowns, we learned to listen in new ways to a silenced world. Transformation of the speaker boxes at home to autonomous sound sculptures. Loudspeakers | Roland Emile Kuit • Loudspeakers 1 -9 (excerpts) • More information on www.rolandkuit.com
