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[microsound] [MTL] TECHNOPERA : Ariadne auf Naxos @ SAT
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TECHNOPÉRA
inspired by the opera Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss
Monday, November 1st, 2004 SAT 1195 St. Laurent
Live Performance Opera / mix_sessions. Artistic exploration by the
VJs/musicans [mix_sessions] and the singers from the Atelier lyrique de
l¹Opéra de Montréal.
Free admission for SAT members and Opéra de Montréal 18-30 subscribers.
Reservation is obligatory. Space is limited.
Please call the Opéra de Montréal to reserve at 985 2222 ext. 2258
5:00 p.m. Doors open with atmosphere from tobias c. van Veen.
6:30 p.m. Prologue with the musicians and VJ.
7:30 p.m. Lecture by Pierre Vachon on the opera Ariadne auf Naxos.
8:00 p.m. ARIADNE AUF NAXOS with musicians, VJ and singers.
8:30 p.m. Mix_Sessions Lounge Ambiance.
9:30 p.m. Doors Close.
Two opposing artistic genres collide and reconcile?A clever intermingling of
tragedy and comedy, symbolism and reality, death and life ?
A video-jockey and two experimental electronic musicians of the mix_sessions
group participate in this performance at the SAT, in collaboration with the
singers from the Atelier lyrique de l¹Opéra de Montréal. The performance is
an artistic multimedia exploration of the themes of Richard Strauss¹ opera
Ariadne auf Naxos, presented at the Opéra de Montréal this season, and is a
live exploration of the contact between opera and the electronic, the
recorded and the organic.
The performance is based on an original concept developed by the artists
(see attached Concept document), inspired by the themes and music of Ariadne
auf Naxos. The total performance will be of approximately 2 hours in
duration and includes a lecture about the opera and the relation of the
VJ/musicians to the the singers by Pierre Vachon.
TECHNOPERA ARIADNE AUF NAXOS PROGRAMME
5:00 p.m.
OPENING
Selections from techno-turntablist tobias c. van Veen.
6:30 p.m.
PROLOGUE
An ambiance of tension and expectation.
Video projection by Xavier Cordente AKA vj RAVIERE: art and consumerism.
Music: Experimental and techno-turntablist tobias c. van Veen with sonic
selections from Tomas Phillips.
7:30 p.m.
MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION
Pierre Vachon, Opéra de Montréal
8:00 p.m.
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
Minimalist sound exploration and live transformation of real-time vocal
performances; tobias c. van Veen and Tomas Phillips explore themes of the
opera Ariadne auf Naxos utilising digital microsound, live processing and
experimental turntablism, encountering: time that passes, lost time,
contrast of aesthetics (cabaret / serious music; major art / minor art, the
live and the recorded, the new and the old, the electronic and the organic).
Singers
Karin Côté, soprano: Zerbinetta¹s aria
Michèle Losier, mezzo-soprano: Composer¹s aria
Both singers : the Duet.
VJ (Video-Jockey)
Xavier Cordente AKA RAVIERE
LIVE MUSICIANS
tobias c. van Veen techno-turntablist and live processing.
Tomas Phillips experimental electronic musician and minimalism.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Nichola Lapierre, Atelier lyrique de l¹Opéra de Montréal
Simon Brochu, SAT
BIOGRAPHIES
Tomas Phillips has composed electronic and electro-acoustic music since his
first solo contribution to the Shadow Tape compilation in 1994. He has since
released limited edition CD-Rs under the names Sea Optic, Lisbon and Eto Ami
(in collaboration with Dean King). In 2002, Eto Ami created the sound design
for Steve Paxton¹s Flat under the direction of Julee Snyder in Carborro N.C.
2003 saw the release of Tomas¹ On Dit on Trente Oiseaux. Performances
include the Feather Net gallery in Raleigh, N.C. (2002), the Société Des
Arts Technologique in Montreal, Quebec (2003), the Monument National in
Montreal to accompany the 2003 production of Sarah Kane¹s Crave, and a
playback presentation at the Overgaden Sound Art Festival in Copenhagen
(2004). Future projects include a joint CD release with Tobias c. van Veen
on the Seattle label and/OAR, contribution to a sound installation at the
Dressing Room Gallery, Portland, Oregon, sound design for Le Songe/dreamplay
by August Strindberg, adapted by Kate Bligh, and another collaborative
composition with Dean King.
[tobias c. van Veen] is a renegade theorist & pirate, techno-turntablist &
writer (Montréal). He is Concept Engineer at SAT [sat.qc.ca] and Project
Leader of Sonic Scene in the Mobile Digital Commons Network [MDCN.ca]. Since
1993 he has internationally directed over fifty independent conceptual and
sound-art events, online interventions and radio broadcasts, working with
STEIM, Mutek, the New Forms Festival, the Banff Centre, the Video-In,
Upgrade!, the Vancouver New Music Society, and Hexagram. His work has
appeared in CTheory, EBR, Bad Subjects, Leonardo, FUSE (contributing
editor), e/i (columnist), the Wire, HorizonZero and through Autonomedia,
among others. His writing has been translated into Spanish, Lithuanian and
French and his art disseminated through Rhizome.org, Javamuseum.org,
Kunstradio, Burn.fm, CiTR, a handful of contemporary art museums (Denver,
Barcelona, etc.), No Type¹s BricoLodge and the and/OAR labels. From
1993-2000 he was Direktor of the sonic performance <ST> Collective
(shrumtribe.com) on the West Coast and co-founder of technoWest.org and
thisistheonlyart.com. He currently hosts The Upgrade! Montreal
[theupgrade.sat.qc.ca] and is director of the [3p] project [3p.sat.qc.ca].
Djing for over 10 years, tobias¹ style is marked by the cut-up and
non-linear mixing styles of future techno and house: Detroit, minimal, dub,
glitch, and acid. Run that through the regional markers of context
(Montreal, Vancouver, Berlin) and the application of concept (masochism,
atmosphere, shock). His Dj sets have appeared on BetaLounge.com, Burn.fm,
NoType.com and Techno.ca, and his skills have graced events worldwide, from
Amsterdam to Barcelona, Montreal to NYC. An article discussing his
experimental work with turntable scripts appeared in Leonardo Music Journal
13. Tobias is Ph.D candidate in Philosophy & Communication at McGill and New
School, NYC. He also mixes a mean absynthe martini. His blog resides at:
www.quadrantcrossing.org/blog
Michèle Losier, mezzo-soprano
She made her opera debut in January 2002 in the role of Dorabella in Così
fan tutte at the Opéra-Théâtre d¹Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse. She has
also portrayed Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the Opéra de Montréal,
Zerlina in Don Giovanni at the Opéra de Nancy, Thérèse in Lucas et Cécile at
Château Ramezay in Montreal, and both Hänsel and the Mother in Hansel und
Gretel at the Atelier lyrique. She is often heard in recital in Quebec and
New Brunswick, in addition to having sung in Scotland, England (St. James¹s
Piccadilly and St. Martin-in-the-Fields), Italy, and France.
Karin Côté, soprano
At the Opéra de Montréal: Page in Rigoletto, the First Boy in The Magic
Flute and Chonchon in The Merry Widow. On other professional stages, she has
appeared as Euridice and Junon in Orphée aux Enfers at the Société d¹Arts
Lyrique du Royaume in Chicoutimi, Sandmännchen in Hänsel und Gretel at the
Opéra de Québec, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel with the Orchestre Symphonique
du Saguenay, and in the title role of the opera Élia with the Ensemble de
Musique Contemporaine de Montréal. A finalist at Radio-Canada¹s Young
Artists competition and at the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques Canadiens
TECHNOPERA CONTACTS
Coordination
Anja Nopper, Opéra de Montréal
Joseph Lefèvre, SAT
Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT)
1195 Saint-Laurent Boulevard
Phone (514) 844-2033
www.sat.qc.ca <http://www.sat.qc.ca>
Opéra de Montréal
Phone : (514) 985 2222, poste 2237
www.operademontreal.com
260 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West
Montreal, Quebec H2X 1Y9
==== FRANÇAIS ===
TECHNOPÉRA
inspiré de l¹opéra Ariane à Naxos de Richard Strauss
Lundi 1er novembre 2004 SAT 1195 St. Laurent
Prestation en direct : Opera / mix_sessions. Expérimentation artistique
VJs/DJs [mix_sessions] et les chanteurs de l¹Atelier lyrique de l¹Opéra de
Montréal.
Entrée libre pour les membres de la SAT et les abonnés 18-30 de l¹Opéra de
Montréal sur réservation
R.S.V.P. Réservez à l¹OdM (514) 985-2222 poste 2258
Places limitées
17 h 00 Ouverture des portes, musique avec tobias c. van Veen.
18 h 30 Prologue avec les musiciens et le VJ.
19 h 30 Conférence de Pierre Vachon
20 h 00 ARIADNE AUF NAXOS / ARIANE À NAXOS
20 h 30 Mix_Sessions ambiance lounge
21 h 30 Fermeture des portes
Ici rien n¹est pur !
Tout ensemble se mêle!
Lieu de toutes les oppositions, cet opéra entremêle savamment tragédie et
comédie, symbole et réalité, mort et vie. Ariadne auf Naxos? quand le buffa
rencontre le seria ... Un video-jockey et deux musiciens electronique et
expérimental du groupe mix_sessions participent à une prestation en direct à
la SAT avec les chanteurs de l¹Atelier lyrique de l¹Opéra de Montréal sur
les thèmes de l¹opéra Ariane à Naxos au programme à l¹Opéra de Montréal.
La prestation est basée sur un concept développé par les artistes en
collaboration avec l¹Atelier lyrique. Les artistes VJs/musiciens
électroniques/turntablists et chanteurs livrent une performance TECHNOPÉRA
à partir de matériel original. Durée approx. : 2 h 00, la prestation se
déroule à la SAT dans le cadre d¹une soirée à rythme expérimental qui
comprend une conférence sur Ariane à Naxos et la prestation des
VJs/musiciens électroniques/turntablists en dialogue avec les chanteurs de
l¹Atelier lyrique.
PROGRAMME TECHNOPERA ARIANE À NAXOS
17 h 00
OUVERTURE
Sélections de techno-platiniste tobias c. van Veen.
18 h 30
PROLOGUE
Un ambiance de minimalisme et tension.
Projection video par Xavier Cordente AKA vj RAVIERE: l¹art et le
consumérisme.
La musique: Expérimental techno-platiniste tobias c. van Veen avec des
sélections sonique de Tomas Phillips.
19 h 30
CONFÉRENCE MULTI-MÉDIA
Pierre Vachon, Opéra de Montréal
20 h 00
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
Le temps retrouvé? exploration sonore minimaliste + performance vocale «
live » avec transformation en temps réel. Thématique : le temps qui passe ou
le temps perdu, pastiche temporel à travers ré-échantillonnage et
échantillonnage « live » de vieux vinyles de la musique d¹Ariane à Naxos et
la transformation en temps réel des airs chantés + improvisation.
Confusion des genres (opéra seria / buffa) : ici mélange des voix des
chanteurs, des vieux enregistrements d¹Ariane à Naxos, les traitements de
tobias c. van Veen et des microsons de Tomas Phillips des esthétiques
(musique concrète, cabaret / musique sérieuse; art majeur / art mineur, le
nouveaux et le vieux, l¹électronique et l¹organique).
MUSICIENS « LIVE ÉLECTRONIQUES »
tobias c. van Veen techno-platinisme et traitement ³en temps réel.
Tomas Phillips les sons micro-numériques et minimaliste.
VJ (Vidéo-Jockey)
Xavier Cordente AKA RAVIERE
CHANTEURS
Michèle Loisier, mezzo-soprano, l¹air du compositeur
Karin Côté, soprano, l¹air de Zerbinette
Les deux : le Duet.
SOUTIEN TECHNIQUE
Nichola Lapierre, Atelier lyrique de l¹Opéra de Montréal
Simon Brochu, SAT
Michèle Losier, mezzo-soprano
En janvier 2002, elle faisait ses débuts à l¹opéra dans le rôle de Dorabella
dans Così fan tutte à l¹Opéra-Théâtre d¹Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse.
Elle a aussi interprété Cherubino dans Le nozze di Figaro à l¹Opéra de
Montréal, Zerlina dans Don Giovanni à l¹Opéra de Nancy, Thérèse dans Lucas
et Cécile au Château Ramezay de Montréal et Hansel et la Mère dans Hansel et
Gretel à l¹Atelier lyrique. Elle se produit beaucoup en récital au Québec et
au Nouveau-Brunswick en plus d¹avoir chanté en Écosse, en Angleterre (St.
James¹s Piccadilly et St. Martin-in-the-Fields), en Italie et en France.
Karin Côté, soprano
À l¹Opéra de Montréal : Page dans Rigoletto, le Premier Garçon dans La flûte
enchantée et Chonchon dans La Veuve Joyeuse. Sur d¹autres scènes
professionnelles, elle a tenu les rôles d¹Euridice et de Junon dans Orphée
aux Enfers à la Société d¹Arts Lyrique du Royaume à Chicoutimi, Sandmännchen
dans Hänsel et Gretel à l¹Opéra de Québec, Gretel dans Hänsel et Gretel avec
l¹Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay et le rôle-titre de l¹opéra Élia avec
l¹Ensemble de Musique Contemporaine de Montréal. Finaliste au concours
Jeunes Artistes de Radio-Canada et des Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques
Canadiens.
Tomas Phillips has composed electronic and electro-acoustic music since his
first solo contribution to the Shadow Tape compilation in 1994. He has since
released limited edition CD-Rs under the names Sea Optic, Lisbon and Eto Ami
(in collaboration with Dean King). In 2002, Eto Ami created the sound design
for Steve Paxton¹s Flat under the direction of Julee Snyder in Carborro N.C.
2003 saw the release of Tomas¹ On Dit on Trente Oiseaux. Performances
include the Feather Net gallery in Raleigh, N.C. (2002), the Société Des
Arts Technologique in Montreal, Quebec (2003), the Monument National in
Montreal to accompany the 2003 production of Sarah Kane¹s Crave, and a
playback presentation at the Overgaden Sound Art Festival in Copenhagen
(2004). Future projects include a joint CD release with Tobias c. van Veen
on the Seattle label and/OAR, contribution to a sound installation at the
Dressing Room Gallery, Portland, Oregon, sound design for Le Songe/dreamplay
by August Strindberg, adapted by Kate Bligh, and another collaborative
composition with Dean King.
[tobias c. van Veen] is a renegade theorist & pirate, techno-turntablist &
writer (Montréal). He is Concept Engineer at SAT [sat.qc.ca] and Project
Leader of Sonic Scene in the Mobile Digital Commons Network [MDCN.ca]. Since
1993 he has internationally directed over fifty independent conceptual and
sound-art events, online interventions and radio broadcasts, working with
STEIM, Mutek, the New Forms Festival, the Banff Centre, the Video-In,
Upgrade!, the Vancouver New Music Society, and Hexagram. His work has
appeared in CTheory, EBR, Bad Subjects, Leonardo, FUSE (contributing
editor), e/i (columnist), the Wire, HorizonZero and through Autonomedia,
among others. His writing has been translated into Spanish, Lithuanian and
French and his art disseminated through Rhizome.org, Javamuseum.org,
Kunstradio, Burn.fm, CiTR, a handful of contemporary art museums (Denver,
Barcelona, etc.), No Type¹s BricoLodge and the and/OAR labels. From
1993-2000 he was Direktor of the sonic performance <ST> Collective
(shrumtribe.com) on the West Coast and co-founder of technoWest.org and
thisistheonlyart.com. He currently hosts The Upgrade! Montreal
[theupgrade.sat.qc.ca] and is director of the [3p] project [3p.sat.qc.ca].
Djing for over 10 years, tobias¹ style is marked by the cut-up and
non-linear mixing styles of future techno and house: Detroit, minimal, dub,
glitch, and acid. Run that through the regional markers of context
(Montreal, Vancouver, Berlin) and the application of concept (masochism,
atmosphere, shock). His Dj sets have appeared on BetaLounge.com, Burn.fm,
NoType.com and Techno.ca, and his skills have graced events worldwide, from
Amsterdam to Barcelona, Montreal to NYC. An article discussing his
experimental work with turntable scripts appeared in Leonardo Music Journal
13. Tobias is Ph.D candidate in Philosophy & Communication at McGill and New
School, NYC. He also mixes a mean absynthe martini. His blog resides at:
www.quadrantcrossing.org/blog
CONTACTS TECHNOPERA
Coordination
Anja Nopper, Opéra de Montréal
Joseph Lefèvre, SAT
Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT)
1195 boulevard Saint-Laurent
Tél. (514) 844-2033
www.sat.qc.ca <http://www.sat.qc.ca>
Opéra de Montréal
Tél. : (514) 985 2222, poste 2237
www.operademontreal.com
260, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest
Montréal (Québec) H2X 1Y9
===
tobias c. van Veen -----------++++
http://www.quadrantcrossing.org --
http://www.thisistheonlyart.com --
McGill Communication + Philosophy
--- New School Philosophy --------
ICQ: 18766209 | AIM: thesaibot +++
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