From Voice to Pulse is an audiovisual work revolving around the relation and tension between the human and the digital, shining new light on one of the oldest forms of music: the combination of voice and percussion. The piece takes form in an algorithmic composition […]
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MA(N|CHINE) x Slagwerk Den Haag
About MA(N|CHINE) Four percussionists, modified bass drums and various drum robots investigate the relationship between man and machine in the transdisciplinary work MA(N|CHINE) by Zeno van den Broek. In the characteristically pared-down yet intense minimalistic visual and musical style of this acclaimed maker, performers from […]
Breach
ALBUM & AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCE Breach dives into chaotic systems and creates a manifestation of the recent events of protests and riots across the globe. The album and live audiovisual performance explore the build up and release of tension, anger and energy in a new form […]
Ob-literate
In the summer of 2014 Gaudeamus brought together audio-visual artist Zeno van den Broek (b. 1982) and composer Gagi Petrovic (b. 1986) and commissioned a large scale composition project. The electro-acoustic piece Ob-literate is the duo’s resulting work for organ, vocal ensemble, electronics and custom […]
Entrop
Audiovisual work Entrop draws inspiration from the pre-film animation device called the cylindrical zoetrope: a spinning cylinder containing a sequence of images or three dimensional objects resulting in the illusion of motion. Entrop is based on a virtual three dimensional version of such a zoetrope, […]
Cathedral Call | Old Church of Amsterdam
A series of concerts that are both live performances and public sound research focused on the natural frequencies of the Old Church of Amsterdam, the oldest building of the city. silence # 12 | Zeno van den Broek – 01-06-2018 The first concert in the […]
Paranon
Audiovisual performance & screenings Paranon revolves around the idea of juxtapositioning fundamental elements of sound and image. This process is executed by manipulating various parameters in canon structures: The canon is a counterpoint-based compositional technique that creates one or more imitations of a movement after […]
Come Closer | Taturo Atzu installation
Location specific live sound performance in the installation ‘The Garden Which is the Nearest to God’ by Taturo Atzu on the roof of the Old Church in Amsterdam, curated by Non-Fiction. I was fascinated by the experience of sound in and around the Oude Kerk. […]