March 14 – June 14: Grannittin (the remix project initiated by esc.rec. and Robert Witt) features in Knitted Worlds, an exhibition in the Audax Textile Museum in Tilburg. It’s an exhibition about knitting in modern art, experimental fashion, photography and video from European and American artists. Knitted worlds is curated by Suzan Rüsseler.

Update: Knitted Worlds has a weblog.

February 7th – March 22nd: exhibition in Kunstenlab Deventer. Other participating artists are: Hellen Abma, Sebiha Demir, Aukje Grouwstra, Michael Klinkenberg, Patrick Mangnus + Theo Harmelink. The opening is Friday the 13th, 20:00 hrs. and features a live performance by Jeroen Diepenmaat and Rik Marsman.

I’m showing an adaptation of How Random – Is Random on two digital photoframes (check the video overhere). I’m also showing a simple sound installation with four random channels, continuously generating random compositions from looped audio samples.

Update 1: The audio loops I had originally selected for my new sound installation in Kunstenlab didn’t quite perform like I had hoped they would perform… they were probably still too recognizable as individual beats, melodies and structures. So I decided to chop two pre-recorded piano pieces in seperate notes and chords. This way the outcome is truly a new, continuously executed random composition. I’m replacing the audio tomorrow and have high expectations. After all, Kunstenlab translates as Art Laboratory, so researching and improving my work during the exhibition should be fine… right?

Update 2: The replaced sounds work very nice! As expected, or maybe even better. I also came up with a good title for this sound installation now: Quatre Mains Aléatoire, a random piano composition by four cd players (check the video overhere).

Update 3: Last Friday a lot of people showed up at the opening. The live performance by Jeroen Diepenmaat and Rik Marsman was amazing! Check some photo’s on Flickr and video on Vimeo.

Starting next week, my Multitupper II and Tupper Light are also being sold through Subwalk, a very nice shop/exhibition space in Arnhem.

Presentation/promo video for Toekomstmuziek Deventer 2030.

This video and many more presentations feature in the Deventer 2030 event on the 29th of November at De Brink in Deventer. And Midas Klare (8) performs live with Nintendo DS from 15:25-15:30!

At first, I was a bit scared about me personally playing such a large part in this video (or any video for that matter), but I think it turned out okay… Many thanks to Bart Folmer for thinking up this video and producing it!

On Friday, the 28th of November, the fifth edition of ass-crack stage-hack brings you dance performance/theater play Binnensuis, preceded by another exclusive three-course diner in Havenkwartier Deventer.

Binnensuis is a short theater play/dance performance, made by dancer Janneke Lenzen, composer/musician Bram van den Oever and writer Jehudi van Dijk.

Binnensuis wants to show the disturbing world inside the head of an alienated, lonely woman, who rarely leaves her house and is plagued by a multitude of different phobia and severe neurotic behaviour.

Esc.rec. felt that Bram van den Oever’s soundtrack (if you can still call it that) for this performance is so powerful that it was decided to make a release out of it. Check the limited (sold out) version overhere and the unlimited version overhere.

If you do not only want to treat your eyes and ears to a feast, but also want to have your culinairy senses stroked, please join us for a meal! Amateur-caterer and ‘goesting-jockey’ Jean Klare prepares extatic pleasure for the taste buds again this evening; a three course diner, including an excellent wine selection, for only 25 euro.

You do however need to make a reservation for this culinairy treat. Just send an email to harco@escrec.com.

The poster/flyer was designed by me, with artwork of Peter Boorsma and photography of Laura Schakenraad.

Entrance: 5 euro (30 euro including diner)
Start diner: 19:00 hrs.
Start concerts: 21:00 hrs.
Location: www.havenkwartier.org