As part of the “Sonic Boom” artist-in-residence program, eight artists and ensembles specializing in contemporary and experimental music are given the opportunity to realize their own concert formats, sound performances, and music theater productions. Over a period of two years, they will each design and present two evenings in which they can express their individual artistic approaches. Accompanied by an in-house discussion series and mentoring program, the series provides a space for exchange between the audience, the scene and the artists.
For this “Sonic Boom” evening, the Percaso String Quartet and Carmel Curiel are working with a system combining sound, gravity, and movement. Four bows suspended from the ceiling are connected to the string instruments and the musicians’ bodies. The bows are attached in different ways: some are controlled directly by the players, others form part of a system of dependency in which the movement of one instrument triggers the movement of another. This creates a delicate interweaving that can only exist through precise interplay.
A constant interplay unfolds between control and surrender, autonomy and dependence. In dialogue with Unsuk Chin’s “ParaMetaString,” this collaborative project reveals the close intertwining of the performers, instruments, and musical material.
Tickets are CHF 15-35 for adults and CHF 10 for holders of the Colourkey and children under age 12.

Website
garedunord.ch/en/calendar/3099/sonic-boom-parametastrings-en

Where
Gare du Nord
Schwarzwaldallee 200
4058 Basel

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