ARGOS, Centre for Art & Media in Brussels, and Q-02 present
ELIANE RADIGUE
A pioneer composer of electro-acoustic music, Eliane Radigue is a
remarkable figure in the contemporary experimental music scene. As
soon as the early 50s, she was closely related to Pierre Schaeffer
and Pierre Henry. From 1970, she started distinguishing herself from
other composers by focusing on the new possibilities offered by the
first synthesizers. More particularly, she worked with an ARP
synthesizer, which became and remains her trademark. Her drone music,
a continuous flow of intermingled sound waves, is impossible to
ignore and is a major influence to a whole new generation of
composers - in France as well as in many other countries.
"Eliane Radigue works with electronic sounds on tape to create an
ambience within which sound seems to move in a continual flow around
the listener. Her music has been described as "infinitely
discreet ... next to which all other music seems to be tugging at
one's sleeve for attention."
--Michel Chion, in Les Musiques Electroacoustiques
THU 4 OCTOBER // 20:30 // ARGOS
concert Charles Curtis (cello): 'Naldjorlak', a composition by Eliane
Radigue for Charles Curtis. in the presence of Eliane Radigue .
+ concert Mika Vainio / Lucio Capece
FRI 5 OCTOBER // 20:00 // Q-O2
lecture Manu Holterbach about Eliane Radigue + opening sound-
installation 'sigma'
more info: www.argosarts.org
The Ways of Hearing programme, curated by Stoffel Debuysere, is part
of the ARGOS event OPEN ARCHIVE #1
