Current Resonance præsenterer: GRAFT
I GRAFT udforsker Current Resonance den skjulte musikalitet i repetitivt arbejde, frigør produktivitetsangst gennem koreograferede ansigtsudtryk og lyden af kedsomhed og frygt, engagerer sig i næsten groteske niveauer af instrumental og fysisk udholdenhed og kæmper med automatiserede versioner af sig selv, der synes at udføre arbejdet uden besvær og uden at bryde en sved. Hvor hårdt er performerne villige til at arbejde? Hvordan lyder deres vedvarende indsats? Hvad arbejder de hen imod, og hvem drager fordel af deres arbejde?
Gruppen får selskab af komponisten og performeren Rob Durnin. Med titlen hentet fra den vanærede amerikanske tegneserieskaber Scott Adams' satiriske bog om en fremtid drevet af virksomheders grådighed. – hvis afsluttende kapitel udvikler sig til en noget mystisk selvhjælpsguide – udnytter Robs bestillingsværk, ‘Dilbert Future with Advanced File-Sharing’, den awesome kraft i AI og åbner koncerten med et værk for performere på bærbare computere forbundet via et TCP-netværk.
Arrangementet starter i KU.BEs foyer uden for performancesalen og fortsætter derefter i Performancesalen. Arrangementet varer cirka 90 minutter.
Program
Rob Durnin - Dilbert Future with Advanced File-Sharing - (uropførelse)
Yiran Zhao - Music Workout
Juta Pranulyte - F
Timothy Cape - sorry for the late reply
Matthew Grouse - GRAFT - (uropførelse)
Louis Andriessen - Workers Union
Kuratering: Matthew Grouse
Medvirkende: Current Resonance (Dylan Richards, Joss Smith, Matthew Grouse, Michael Hope) og gæstemedvirkende Rob Durnin.
Denne begivenhed blev muliggjort med generøs støtte fra KU.BE, William Demant Fonden, Hoffmann og Husmans fond, Frederiksberg Fonden, Frederiksberg Kommune, KODA Kultur og Knud Højgaards Fond.
Current Resonance er et komponist-/performerensemble, der blev grundlagt i 2019 og har base i Danmark. Ensemblet producerer omhyggeligt kuraterede begivenheder med intermedial musik i en række forskellige sammenhænge. Gruppen består af Dylan Richards, Joss Smith, Matthew Grouse og Michael Hope. Gruppen har afholdt næsten 50 begivenheder med unikke musikprogrammer, der næsten udelukkende består af musik komponeret inden for de sidste 15 år. Deres tilgang involverer holistisk kuratering, hvor hvert aspekt af oplevelsen er komponeret og vævet ind i det overordnede koncept for arrangementet. Deres kuraterede aktiviteter omfatter blandt andet biografaftner, online og fysisk community building og deltagelse, tæt sammensatte programmer med akustisk og elektronisk musik, koncerter med nye genrer, instrumentalt teater, installationskunst og platforming/produktion af værker skrevet af komponister fra vækstlaget.
IN ENGLISH
Current Resonance presents: GRAFT - in collaboration with KU.BE
In GRAFT, Current Resonance explores the buried musicality in repetitive labour, unleashes productivity anguish through choreographed facial expressions and the sounds of boredom and dread, engages in almost grotesque levels of instrumental and physical endurance, and grapples with automated versions of themselves who seem to effortlessly carry out labour without as much as breaking a sweat. How hard are the performers willing to work? What does their sustained effort sound like? What are they working towards and who benefits from their labour?
The group are joined by composer-performer Rob Durnin. Taking its title from the disgraced American cartoonist, Scott Adam's satirical book on a future driven by corporate greed and avaricious excess etc. - whose closing chapter devolves into a somewhat mystical self-help guide - Rob’s commission, ‘Dilbert Future with Advanced File-Sharing’, utilises the awesome power of AI, opening the event with a work for performers on laptops connected on a TCP network.
The event starts in KU.BE’s foyer, outside the performance hall, before continuing in the performance hall. The event will last ca. 90 minutes.
Programme
Rob Durnin - Dilbert Future with Advanced File-Sharing - ‡
Yiran Zhao - Music Workout
Juta Pranulyte - F
Timothy Cape - sorry for the late reply
Matthew Grouse - GRAFT - †
Louis Andriessen - Workers Union
† world premiere
‡ world premiere - Current Resonance commission - supported by KODA Kultur
Curation: Matthew Grouse
Performers: Current Resonance (Dylan Richards, Joss Smith, Matthew Grouse, Michael Hope) & guest performer Rob Durnin
This event was made possible with the generous support of KU.BE, William Demant Fonden, Hoffmann og Husmans fond, Frederiksberg Fonden, Frederiksberg Kommune, KODA Kultur and Knud Højgaards Fond
Founded in 2019, Current Resonance is a composer / performer ensemble, based in Denmark, producing meticulously curated events of intermedial music in a variety of settings. Their members include Dylan Richards, Joss Smith, Matthew Grouse and Michael Hope. The group have put on nearly 50 events, comprising unique programmes of music almost exclusively composed within the last 15 years. Their approach involves holistic curation where each aspect of the event experience is composed with and threaded into the overarching event concept. Their curated activities span, amongst other things, nights at the cinema; online and physical community building and participation; tightly knit programmes of acoustic and digitally mediated music; concerts showcasing invented genres; instrumental theatre; installation art; and platforming / producing the work of up-and-coming artists.