FINAL PROJECT



[IN]VISIBLE finds its main inspiration in tinnitus, a condition that I’m dealing with since 2009. Throughout the performance the different stages of this condition are translated into an electro-acoustic, multi-medial frame. From the disorientation that strikes at the initial ‘attack’ to experimental electroshock-therapy, the paralysing tranquillizers to the eventual cure; every aspect finds its own shape in an often hard, raw but minimal musical language where the use of glitches, artefacts, micro loops and other electronic adaptations play an important roll. It’s in this detachment of the classical, acoustical environment that [IN]VISIBLE finds a new reality in which this apparently virtual but very present condition finds its resolution.


[IN]VISIBLE also exist in context of my PhD research “Towards an Artistic Performance Strategy for Computer Musicians” which investigates and reformulates several paradigms that are intrinsic to computer music performance. Hereby, it aims to establish an intelligible communication model that exists in a live performance situation between the performer and the audience. The evolution of the computer musician, from invisible, disembodied entity to full fledged multi-medial performer, is emphasised.



CREDITS: Benjamin Van Esser & ChampdAction

[IN]VISIBLE | final project PhD in arts | Benjamin Van Esser | VUB/KCB/Brussels Arts Platform

PRODUCTION: ChampdAction in coproduction with Concertgebouw Brugge and Brussels Arts Platform

concept, music, visuals : Benjamin Van Esser
musicians: Gabi Sultana [piano], Tom De Cock [percussion], Vincent Caers [percussion | electronics], Lieselot De Wilde [voice], Benjamin Van Esser [piano | electronics]
visuals: Vincent Jacobs
audio: Roel Das